Oscar Quotes

284 Oscar quotes by 238 unique authors

Spielberg's film portrays Oscar as a hero of this century. That is not true. Neither he nor I were heroes. We were just what we… — Emilie Schindler
The Oscar nominations are out, and they’re so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them, — Larry Wilmore
When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British. — Brenda Fricker
It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar. — Jerry Della Femina
Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze. — Daryl Hannah
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it. — Dorothy Parker
The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy. — Kathy Bates
Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor,… — Bernard Hopkins
I'm fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs… — Eddie Redmayne
I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the academy because my… — Julianne Moore
Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't… — David Brooks
Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that… — Faye Dunaway
Will this coffee get me an Oscar? — Leonardo DiCaprio
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing… — Marilyn Monroe
Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came… — Helen Mirren
Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting. But if you… — Stephen Fry
If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that. — Ellen DeGeneres
The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry. — Frank Capra
My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that… — Zendaya
People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. — Judi Dench
The color, the shape, and the texture--none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so glorious) history, and… — Tim Gunn
It definitely deserved an Oscar, but not a Golden Globe. — Tobey Maguire
I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination. — Lupita Nyong'o
Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles. — Julia Stiles
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. — Brenda Blethyn

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