Accepting Quote by Harvey Weinstein

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

Given the weight of an Oscar statuette, one made out of solid gold would be worth $219,000. That twinkle in a winner's eye would…

— Kyle Hill

“If you can get past those awful idiot faces on the bleachers outside the theater without a sense of the collapse of human intelligence,…

— Raymond Chandler

It's no accident that all the awards are for smaller movies. When you have $100 million in the budget for a movie, there's something…

— Margot Kidder

Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.

— Rita Hayworth

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

— Harvey Weinstein

I think caring too much about the economics starts affecting the creative aspect of the film. That is a dangerous process for a filmmaker.…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make…

— Ewen Bremner

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this…

— Javier Bardem

Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like having Gandalf's…

— Alex Gibney

I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.…

— Ben Gazzara

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

— Bob Hope