Oscar Quotes

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
Christine Lahti

Life, Winning, Done

They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008.
Evander Holyfield

Time, Done, Team

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.
Brenda Blethyn

Won, Fantastic, Golden

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.
Ellen Burstyn

York, Running, Newspapers

I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy.
Noah Wyle

Thinking, Son, Daughter

I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.
Ashley Benson

Love, Win, Goal

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.
Steve Zahn

Care, Won, Campaign

Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material.
Kyra Sedgwick

Love, Money, Small

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
Kathy Bates

Time, Wings, Agent

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
Kathy Bates

Working, Less, Privacy

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 was really surreal.
Jennifer Connelly

Win, Happens, Expect

Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? You're damn right they have a right!
Al Lewis

Sleep, Rich, Said

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.
Bernadette Peters

Great, Truth, Find

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.
Julie Harris

Time, Black, Last

A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.
Jim Broadbent

Lost, Her, Artist

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
Julia Stiles

Leadership, Women, Winning

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great.
Paul Reiser

Great, Nothing, Friend

I'm not going to get an Oscar at 30 - that's done. So I'll think of something else.
Shirley Henderson

As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.
Frederic Raphael

Bad, America, Said

I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.'
Peter Berg

Great, Winning, Thought

Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.
Billy Crystal

America, Biggest, Aside

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.
Linda Fiorentino

Words, Two, Days

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 messes I did in my personal life.
Ernest Borgnine

Life, Grateful, Personal

You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.
Joel Siegel

Same, Year, Actor

I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance.
Jon Favreau

Best, Trying, Guy

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.
Carol Kane

Name, General, Nomination

For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.
Michael Koryta

Work, Learning, Book

After winning the Oscar, I was committed to do 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' but I didn't know what the next thing would be after that. It was a scary time. But the advantage of TV is the regular work. All you need is a hit series, I guess.
Kathy Bates

Work, Time, Winning

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
Elizabeth Banks

Love, Comedy, Physical

It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.
Linda Hunt

Good, Home, Parents

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