Adventure Quote by Nicolas Cage

I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then…

— Denzel Washington

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

— Russell Simmons

I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.

— Nicolas Cage

The Oscars are not something I watch anyway.

— Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

Often times I don't watch the Oscars because I say this isn't for me.

— Betty Gabriel

You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them.…

— Glenda Jackson

I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.

— Juliette Binoche

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It…

— Jennifer Connelly

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

— Ashton Kutcher

I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's…

— Benicio Del Toro

I think it's more important to try and make a good film than give a good performance.

— Paul Dano