Academy Quote by Edward Jay Epstein

“The art of filmmaking is the most influential form of art that has ever existed throughout the history of human artistic endeavors.”

— Abhijit Naskar

At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What is art…

— Ferran Adria

I always remind people why The Oscars got started in 1928: It was an effort by the studios to suppress the unions. They started…

— Joe Bob Briggs

Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different…

— David Mamet

Norman Rockwell - even though we think of him as a great American artist, in a lot of museums he has not garnered that…

— Mellody Hobson

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for…

— Javier Bardem

“Oscar may be the world’s most glorious way of honoring your work, but the real award for a filmmaker is the contentment which you…

— Abhijit Naskar

All industries are brought under the control of such people [film producers] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from their pursuit…

— George Bernard Shaw

Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.

— William Holden

When you start in movie business... It is a business, actually. Nothing to do with art. Picasso is art, and Giacometti, but film acting…

— Udo Kier

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of…

— James Cromwell

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