Oscars Quotes
356 quotes by 282 authors
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Wit isn't a useful instrument of defense; it may make a short-run appeal, but it creates a backlash- one saw this in the Hiss case…
— Diana Trilling
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As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.
— Frederic Raphael
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
— Jack Lemmon
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Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work…
— Walter Murch
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
— Kaitlin Olson
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I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.
— Bai Ling
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I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.
— Brett Ratner
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I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.
— Brett Ratner
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
— Octavia Spencer
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They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show.…
— Bruce Vilanch
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I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would…
— Taylor Lautner
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As far as I'm concerned, Cate Blanchett is a goddess, but she's really down to earth. She's got all those Oscars, she's made all those…
— Sylvester McCoy
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I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.
— Daniel Woodrell
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
— Rachel Weisz
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I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's good…
— Benicio Del Toro
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The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.
— Mira Sorvino
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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
— Beau Bridges
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When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please,…
— Demian Bichir
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I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
— Elizabeth Banks
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It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a…
— Ellen Burstyn
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