Best Oscar Wisdom

284 Oscar quotes by 238 unique authors

I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that.… — Lindsay Lohan
Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's… — John Lydon
I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really… — Shirley MacLaine
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to… — Marlee Matlin
At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what… — Mercedes McCambridge
I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' — Helen Mirren
'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear. — Michael Moore
Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. — Elon Musk
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt… — Al Pacino
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an… — Chris Pratt
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's… — Gordon Ramsay
I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless. — Nicole Richie
I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor. — Julia Roberts
I'm not saying that 'Twilight' is, you know, some brilliant Oscar-winner, it's not 'Dr. Zhivago.' It's not trying to be. Because it is a female… — Melissa Rosenberg
Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming? — Richard Russo
I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind. — Adam Sandler
I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories… — Martin Scorsese
If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered… — Chloe Sevigny
Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father. — Stephen Sondheim
You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before. — Meryl Streep
'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got… — Kristin Scott Thomas
I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I… — Emma Thompson
Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning… — Rachel Weisz
So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly… — Kate Winslet
When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth… — Martin Filler

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