Oscars Quote by Gary Oldman Download Open image “At the Oscars, if you didnt vote for 12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.” — Gary Oldman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Oscars Racism Racist Slave Vote Years
At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave' you were a racist. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share
The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real story, and… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
“When art sets racism in the past, no matter how good it is, it allows white people in the audience (and others) to say… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
How ridiculous! You're going to have the first black president apologize for slavery? — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we can't keep erasing history. — Allison Schroeder Copy Share
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
The script is your map of the world, isn't it? And if someone knows that if it's well-written, you get all of the beats,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I had what AA calls 'a convincer' - which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film. — Jessica Yu Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have some Hollywood… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Leo couldnt deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in… — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines at the… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
When I think about the idea of Rebel Wilson having to go to the Oscars and not having something amazing to wear that's made… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn't. There's more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars. — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too. — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image