Academy award Quote by Roger Ross Williams

We were very poor, and I entered a talent contest as a young teenager because if you entered, even if you didn't win, they…

— Debbie Reynolds

You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is…

— Kaitlin Olson

I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said,…

— Zooey Deschanel

This sounds crazy, but my goal is to be nominated for an Oscar. I was the kid who was practicing my acceptance speech when…

— Ashley Benson

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

— Francis Ford Coppola

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there…

— Georg Solti

I wanted to give everything that I lacked in my childhood to young children of my village. I had only talent but no scientific…

— P. T. Usha

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and…

— Queen Latifah

My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get good grades,…

— Tony Rock

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any…

— Michael Shannon

I came from a poor Pennsylvania coal mining family and the only way I was going to get an education was through an athletic…

— George Blanda

When I was much younger, I used to practice my Oscar speech in the mirror. I used to beg my parents to be in…

— Sasha Spielberg