Academy Quote by Michael Medved

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

I suppose people also have to be a little more careful or circumspect if they're going to leverage their celebrity to promote their political…

— Todd Rundgren

Many people vote a straight party line from the president down to city council. Hollywood publicists need to think long and hard about who…

— Richard Grenell

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being…

— Peter Jackson

The academy which boasts of 6,000 to 8,000 voting members are most likely to get swayed by the national mood in the US. There…

— Vetrimaaran

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

— Mickey Rourke

Film actors already have a public outreach, which helps political parties bridge the gap between them and the people.

— Nagma

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

— Maureen Dowd

Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

— Joe Eszterhas

You have celebrities who are pushed to the brink of a public meltdown, and so the public thinks that every person in the public…

— Taylor Swift

The reality of producing the Oscars is that it's a blood sport. With social media, everyone has a chance to voice their opinions. You…

— Craig Zadan

Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe.

— Brad Goreski