Oscars Quotes - Page 7

• Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.

  Bruce Vilanch

  Years, Issues, Nominations

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• It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Beautiful, Home, Mirrors

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.

  George C. Scott

  Hands, Careers, International

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

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• This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it cant be.

  Javier Bardem

  Believe, Thinking, Important

  "'Why am I doing this absurd job?'" by Kristin Hohenadel, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2001.

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• At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.

  Gary Oldman

  Years, Racist, Vote

  "Gary Oldman Rants About Political Correctness, Defends Mel Gibson And Alec Baldwin (UPDATE)". Playboy Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

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• I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.

  Jean Simmons

  Knows

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

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• I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can

  Terrence Howard

  One Day, Being The Best, Humans

  "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 05, 2005.

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• Sure I was glad to see John Wayne win the Oscar I'm always glad to see the fat lady win the Cadillac on TV, too.

  Robert Mitchum

  Winning, Cadillacs, Tvs

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

  Carol Kane

  Names, People, Actors

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• The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they’re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, "If you’d done that in the movie, you’d have won an Oscar, girl."

  Chris Rock

  Girl, Rocks, Should Have

  Chris Rock's remarks as host at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, February 27, 2005.

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• Christoph Waltz is stunning, an insanely nice guy. He is not only a ridiculously good actor, he’s also funny, helpful & a good colleague. I like his work ethic. I mean, the guy has won an Oscar and despite that he is receptive, open-minded & not the least bit snooty. Reese Witherspoon is the same. It may be the nicest cast that I have worked with yet.

  Robert Pattinson

  Nice, Mean, Work Ethic

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• I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination. I guess many people would change after a nomination in the way they see things. In my case it's really irrelevant in terms of what I do. Still, it was an incredible experience which I will put in my memories, like everything else.

  River Phoenix

  Memories, People, Mind

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

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• I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.

  William H. Macy

  Jobs, Agents, Want

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• If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any of those Oscar-nominated films, they have amazing directors across the board.

  Timothy Olyphant

  Running, Directors, Boards

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• Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.

  Marlee Matlin

  Children, Four, Deafness

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• I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.

  Marlee Matlin

  Winning, Deaf, Deafness

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• I never won an Oscar...and the Oscars never won Irene Papas.

  Irene Papas

  Papa

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

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• I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.

  Roger Ebert

  Winning, Years, Firsts

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• I feel very honored and special really. You can't imagine, to arrive at the Oscars when you arrive so low, and you can't go further than the Oscars.

  Berenice Bejo

  Special, Imagine, Lows

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• I can't wait to ride my electric scooter, walk my dog, watch TV, be bored … and I'm gonna put [my Oscar] in my hand and kiss it every night before I go to sleep.

  Quvenzhane Wallis

  Dog, Sleep, Kissing

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• I love doing comedy and I love watching comedy... Im more inclined to go watch a Seth Rogen film than a serious Oscar drama.

  Phoebe Tonkin

  Drama, Serious, Watches

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• Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the sublime Oscar Wilde, who was right about everything. He also told us that all bad poetry is sincere. Had I the power to do so, I would command that these words be engraved above every gate at every university, so that each student might ponder the splendor of the insight.

  Harold Bloom

  Art, Reading, Sublime

  Harold Bloom (2014). “The Western Canon”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.

  Ice Cube

  Inspirational, Basketball, Stars

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• There's absolutely nothing wrong with Oscar Levant that a miracle can't fix.

  Alexander Woollcott

  Personality, Miracle, Absolutely Nothing

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• 'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He's always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.'

  Russell Crowe

  Regret, Men, Film

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