Chance Quote by Craig Zadan

The Oscars are like a political campaign. You have to have the right candidates, and the people in Hollywood know what they are.

— Nick Hornby

I don't care about Oscars. It's such self-aggrandizing nonsense. It's a way to manipulate people into believing that their choices are what's good. It's…

— Ewan McGregor

The Oscars have always been an arena in which very commercial films are recognised, and I don't mean that in a bitter way; I…

— Debra Granik

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you…

— Alejandro Amenabar

The Oscars is a sport. There's the excitement of watching something live, as it happens.

— Neil Meron

Why do we have this fascination about Oscars? We know the manipulation there. If a film is liked in our country, what else do…

— Manoj Kumar

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

— Mickey Rourke

The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.

— Helen Mirren

I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you…

— Bill Murray

As we look at Hollywood and the controversy around the Oscars, it goes back to the voting block and the lack of people who…

— Troy Carter

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same…

— Heath Ledger

Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it…

— David Fincher