Oscars Quotes - Page 12

• 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

  Running, New York, Theatre

  "Ellen Burstyn - part two". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000.

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• 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

  Black And White, Luck, Looks

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• I do think I'm lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Life, Thinking, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes.

  Billy Rose

  War, Men, Thinking

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• If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

  Roger Ebert

  Locks, Nominations, Ifs

  Roger Ebert (2013). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007”, p.816, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Truly saddened by the loss of one of the greatest fashion icons of all time. Oscar de la Renta will be greatly missed.

  Ivanka Trump

  Fashion, Loss, Icons

  Twitter post from Oct 20, 2014

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• It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.

  Bruce Davison

  People, Healthy, Suffering

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• I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches. Its either very new cheese or very old meat. - Oscar Madison, from The Odd Couple

  Neil Simon

  Couple, Meat, Sandwiches

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• Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.

  Luis Bunuel

  Receiving, Disgusting

  "Friday on your mind" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2007.

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• Timothy Spall - best known to mainstream audiences as Wormtail in the Harry Potter series - delivers an Oscar-caliber tour de force reminiscent of Charles Laughton

  Lou Lumenick

  Potters, Harry Potter Series, Mainstream

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• I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.

  Robert Osborne

  Awards, Good Movie, Enthusiastic

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• Wit isn't a useful instrument of defense; it may make a short-run appeal, but it creates a backlash- one saw this in the Hiss case and the Oppenheimer hearings; certainly one saw it in the trial of Oscar Wilde.

  Diana Trilling

  Running, Saws, Defense

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

  Frederic Raphael

  Should Have, Ideas, America

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• I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

  Jack Lemmon

  Cutting, Winning, Crosby

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• 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 good for business.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Thinking, Giving, Kind

  "Benicio del Toro Interview THE WOLFMAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 6, 2010.

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• The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

  Mira Sorvino

  Adjectives, Used, Bigs

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• My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

  Beau Bridges

  Brother, Years, Stories

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

  Demian Bichir

  Thinking, Want, Film

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• I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

  Elizabeth Banks

  Comedy, Wilde, Physical Comedy

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• It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Couple, Years, Kind

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• 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

  Artist, Lost, Polish

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• Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

  Jordana Brewster

  Party, Night, Ridiculous

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Winning, Scary, Next

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• 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

  Winning, Men, Musician

  "Why Did You Cast A Massive Music Superstar In What Amounts To A Run-And-Gun Supporting Role?" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. May 17, 2012.

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• The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

  Roberto Benigni

  Being Yourself, Important, Honest

  "A nose for trouble" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2003.

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