Oscars Quotes

Oscars Quote of the day

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

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

You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?

My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.

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

I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set.

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

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.

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!

When A R Rahman won the Oscars, I had a dream of being able to congratulate him in person. This dream is now a reality thanks to Airtel digital TV. This day will forever remain truly unforgettable.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

Mammootty is a great phenomenon.. If I was one among the jury for honourary award of Oscars, I would have definitely selected him as best actor for the film Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar

I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.

I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don't watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost.

This is one night I wish I smoked and drank.

You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art.

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

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar.

The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.

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

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

The subject of Citizenfour, Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason.

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

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.

[Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous.

The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor.

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

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on.

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.

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.

You don't make pictures for Oscars.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.

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

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

As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them. Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the other way around. What you love destroys you.

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

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

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

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative.

They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

This next presenter is so lovely you could eat her up with a spoon

Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it's not because I'm girly, it's because I'm the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde.

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.

This moment is so much bigger than me. It's for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.