Host Quote by Tyrese Gibson

I'm sorry, to boycott the Academy Awards is a slap in Chris Rock's face. To host is such a prestigious honor. To boycott it…

— Eva Marcille

The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and…

— Suzanne Fields

The Oscars are this Sunday. Host Neil Patrick Harris said he hopes the broadcast will include a 'Kanye moment.' Unfortunately a Kanye moment may…

— Conan O'Brien

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

— Paul Mooney

I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their…

— Shonda Rhimes

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote…

— Michael Caine

Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component.

— John Lee Hancock

The Oscar nominations are out, and they’re so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them,

— Larry Wilmore

We are going to have a huge Oscar issue, you are going to see everything in such beautiful detail.

— Steven Cojocaru

Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here, and it's doing well. Turn on the news. I don't think me and my comedy can really…

— Tracy Morgan

I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.

— Seth MacFarlane

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