Academy Quote by Luise Rainer

I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not…

— Al Pacino

I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

— Harry Dean Stanton

The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the…

— Ernest Borgnine

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

— Herbie Hancock

I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, I remember Odets drove…

— Anna Held

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

— Sally Kellerman

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.

— Roger Ross Williams

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

— Morgan Freeman

I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra…

— Jon Favreau

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.

— Sacheen Littlefeather

I don't believe I was jinxed or hexed by winning an Academy Award in my first picture, 'West Side Story.'

— George Chakiris