Oscars Quotes - Page 22

• There's something about the Oscar that gives you sort of stripes where you feel you can dare to walk into a studio like Universal and say, "Hey guys, how about an idea of me playing the wolf man?"

  Benicio Del Toro

  Men, Ideas, Giving

  Source: collider.com

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• That's one of the things we're most excited about, really, is just allowing this great, Oscar-nominated actor, giving him material to play in one of his signature roles.

  David Kirschner

  Play, Giving, Signatures

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• In some ways, the most rewarding thing I've done were the two times that I did the Oscars, particularly the first time because it was really like the ultimate "Let's put on a show," with every great movie star in the world available.

  Laura Ziskin

  Stars, Two, Way

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't, he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that. Dandyism is much more austere-much more Calvinistic, more neurotic - it oscillates between narcissism and neurosis.

  Sebastian Horsley

  Neurosis, Stuff, Narcissism

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Also I don't want to refer to myself as Maximilian. You'd have to win an Oscar or become mind-numbingly wealthy or hit 50. It's like smoking a cigar, you know what I mean? You can't be a young guy and do it.

  Max Irons

  Mean, Winning, Smoking

  "Max Irons Assumes His Throne". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2013.

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• Whether it's Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde, they're brilliant with genius bon mots. Of course, I find them extraordinary.

  Duncan Roy

  Genius, Brilliant, Wilde

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.

  Kate del Castillo

  Independent, Winning, Awards

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• People want to know everyone for a lot of different reasons. It doesn't have to be anything as big as an Oscar nomination. It could be a brand new job. People see their opportunity. And, when you're winning, everyone loves a winner.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Jobs, Winning, Opportunity

  Source: collider.com

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• I love regal looks on the Oscars red carpet. I just love old-Hollywood glamour. I love hair pulled back off the face, beautiful makeup...long sleeves are really elegant. The Oscars are not a place to be too flirty or fun or sexy.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Beautiful, Sexy, Fun

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think probably winning these things [an Oscar] can be a bit of a curse depending on who you are and how you think. But I haven't been on a journey to get anywhere in particular, so that hasn't changed. And my criteria for choosing projects hasn't changed.

  Cate Blanchett

  Winning, Journey, Thinking

  "Notes On A Scandal - Cate Blanchett interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• If every witty thing that's said was true, Oscar Wilde, the world would worship You!

  Michael R. Burch

  Witty, Worship You, World

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• I interviewed Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker], actually, and I got to ask them questions. I love them deeply because they appeared dressed as J-Lo and someone else [who had worn the same scandalous dresses the year before at the Oscars]. They confessed they were on acid.

  Eric Idle

  Years, Dresses, Stones

  Interview with Kyle Seasly, whitmanwire.com. May 13, 2013.

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• There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But there's still one inner sanctum I'm not allowed in. That's the one I'm fixated on.

  Kevin Sessums

  Stars, Weekend, Doors

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't experience the real prom: the nerds, gay, arty outsiders. Hollywood is high school with money.

  Kevin Sessums

  Sweet, Real, School

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked at the 44 Oscar contenders in Variety that someone wrote up - there was not one directed by a woman. All the ones that were getting an Oscar pitch with the money and everything behind them were by men.

  Catherine Hardwicke

  Men, Female, Stories

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• My eldest brother Atticus just won an Oscar some years ago, as he wrote the music for The Social Network.

  Liberty Ross

  Brother, Years, Social Network

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• In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

  Christian Kane

  Entertainment, Longevity, Grammy

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• You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

  Rita Moreno

  Special, Performances

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was amazed to go Oscar and win it. It was fantastic getting up on the stage there and looking down. I thought, "That guy looks like Steve Martin, and that guy's like Arnold Schwarzenegger." But it was Steve Martin, and it was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then they have this terrible kind of conveyor belt backstage - literally - where they take you to this big hangar where the world's press are gathered, and they make you stand on a stage, and they introduce you.

  Peter Capaldi

  Winning, Guy, Looks

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.

  Rachel Weisz

  Believe, People, Choices

  Source: deadline.com

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• I was offered more work after the Oscar. When I was younger, I would take whatever I was offered because it was money and work and experience. In a way, choosing is the hard part. I know that's a luxury problem, but it's true. I try to go where passion takes me.

  Rachel Weisz

  Passion, Luxury, Trying

  Source: deadline.com

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• It's a little bit silly to pit us all against each other as if we were running a race. Just think about the fact that Richard Burton never won an Oscar.

  Julianna Margulies

  Running, Silly, Thinking

  Source: deadline.com

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• I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius." I said "I'll put that down as nothing then shall I?" For I am the wittiest man on Earth.

  Simon Munnery

  Men, Genius, Earth

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• The Oscars are not something I watch anyway.

  Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

  Watches

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• Do we stand up over a gold plated trophy? Or do we stand up and say we need equal wages and equal treatment?The Oscars have not been any different for what...89 years? But why do we keep wanting to get thrown a bone? Why do we want to keep saying 'Can we please come to your party?

  Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

  Party, Equal Treatment, Years

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