Academy Quote by Johnny Carson

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 Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or as I…

— David Letterman

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

— Jon Stewart

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

— Dustin Hoffman

Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover.

— Bob Hope

I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.

— Donald O'Connor

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

It's an incredible honor to be nominated by the Academy.

— Lee Unkrich

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when…

— Steven Wright

An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand,…

— Julia Roberts

I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.

— Tom Hanks

Awards season is always a huge amount of fun whether you're a part of it or not. It's always really exciting seeing what films…

— Kate Winslet