Oscars Quotes - Page 9

• You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

  Ian Mckellen

  Stage Actors, Walks, Know How

  2002 In the Observer,17 Feb.

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• Oscar Wilde said that the gods punish us in two ways: first, they don't give us what we want, then, they do. He forgot the third way: we finally see the cost of getting it.

  Perry Brass

  Two, Giving, Cost

  Perry Brass (1998). “The Lover of My Soul: A Search for Ecstasy and Wisdom”, p.30, Perry Brass

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• I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, I remember Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.

  Anna Held

  Life, Awards, Tears

  "Luise Rainer, double Oscar winner, dies aged 104". www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2014.

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• In Hollywood, Oscar is king.

  David Letterman

  Kings, Hollywood

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for Globes and Oscars. So the films aren't being seen just for themselves, but rather in a competitive context.

  Alexander Payne

  Years, Battle, Adults

  Source: deadline.com

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• I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!

  Joan Fontaine

  Olivia, Firsts, Married

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

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• The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Winning, Guy, Bars

  "Exclusive: Aaron Sorkin Thinks Male Film Roles Have Bigger ‘Degree of Difficulty’ Than Female Ones" by William Boot, www.thedailybeast.com. December 15, 2014.

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• I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an Oscar writing a TV series, or having an actor like Mark Rylance, who is probably England's leading theater actor, in the lead in Wolf Hall.

  Colin Callender

  Writing, Tvs, England

  Source: deadline.com

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• If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.

  Sophia Loren

  Pride, Awards, Honor

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• The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat - and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.

  Dick Cavett

  Hunting, Animal, Winning

  Dick Cavett, Christopher Porterfield (1974). “Cavett”

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• For me, a male image that I'm really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Witty, Buddhist, Smart

  Aperture Magazine, 1999.

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• I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.

  Steven Spielberg

  Fun, Believe, Winning

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do.

  Benny Carter

  Piano, House, Want

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• Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

  Herbie Hancock

  Today, Jazz, Influence

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• I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles. The Oscar changed the quality of the roles I was being offered.

  Louis Gossett, Jr.

  Pride, Years, Quality

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

  John O'Hara

  Tchaikovsky, Perfect, Syphilis

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• The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it. The third thing you should do is call your agent and tell him you need a job.

  Rod Steiger

  Jobs, Winning, Thank God

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• Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.

  Pharrell Williams

  Individuality, Let It Go, Frozen

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• You always want to make the best film you can. If anything I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to tell and it's actually been really nice.

  Morgan Neville

  Nice, Stories, Want

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I never liked the Oscars. They didn't do too much for me at all. I felt like a big, vulnerable hunk of baloney being used to sell some products.

  Nick Nolte

  Too Much, Vulnerable, Used

  Source: collider.com

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• The best thing I ever bought is a vintage Oscar de la Renta short gingham dress that I wore to my rehearsal dinner the night before my wedding.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Night, Vintage, Dresses

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• I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

  Vidya Balan

  Winning, Thinking, Awards

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• Oscar nominations came out today. Up for best actor, Sean Penn for 'Mystic River,' Jude Law for 'Cold Mountain,' and of course, George W. Bush for 'Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.'

  Jay Leno

  Mass Destruction, Law, Rivers

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• Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.

  Carmen McRae

  My Favorite, Pianist, One Thing

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• It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.

  Shirley Horn

  Rachmaninoff

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