Academy Award Quotes
41 quotes by 39 authors
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The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.
— George C. Scott
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Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
— Sally Kellerman
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What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.
— Sally Field
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It’s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974].…
— Martin Scorsese
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Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can…
— Jenny McCarthy
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I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I…
— Pat Morita
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I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's…
— William Peter Blatty
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My son was staying with me, and we got up to watch it, just before they announced supporting actress, he came up and put his…
— June Squibb
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Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than…
— Tatum O'Neal
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Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking…
— Harvey Korman
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An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of,
— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
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Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
— Aaron Sorkin
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The people voting for the Oscars are so old. I haven't seen one Academy Award voter with a tampon in her purse.
— Joan Rivers
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I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until I die. I…
— Ansel Elgort
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I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you…
— Joanne Woodward
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I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to…
— Robert Osborne
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It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is…
— Tara Reid
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
— Rachael Taylor
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I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in…
— Rachael Taylor
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I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
— Angela Lansbury
Who Wrote These Academy Award Quotes
39 authors contributed a total of 41 Academy Award Quotes, led by these top contributors: