If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking. Michael Caine English Actor More Michael Caine Quotes 0
January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. Michael Caine English Actor More Michael Caine Quotes 0
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. Peter Jackson New Zealander Director More Peter Jackson Quotes 0
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. Christine Lahti American Actress More Christine Lahti Quotes 0
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 American Actor More William H. Macy Quotes 0
I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it. Gary Oldman English Actor More Gary Oldman Quotes 0
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz. Maureen O'Hara Irish Actress More Maureen O'Hara Quotes 0
I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do. Adam Sandler Actor More Adam Sandler Quotes 0
And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?' Javier Bardem Spanish Actor More Javier Bardem Quotes 0
An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it. Alejandro Amenabar Spanish Director More Alejandro Amenabar Quotes 0
Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'. Anthony Anderson American Actor More Anthony Anderson Quotes 0
Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' Sarah Bernhardt French Actress More Sarah Bernhardt Quotes 0
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. Brenda Blethyn English Actress More Brenda Blethyn Quotes 0
As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe. Jim Coleman American Actor More Jim Coleman Quotes 0
I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal. Jennifer Connelly American Actress More Jennifer Connelly Quotes 0
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. Sean Connery Scottish Actor More Sean Connery Quotes 0
I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one. Rob Corddry American Comedian More Rob Corddry Quotes 0
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went. Beau Bridges American Actor More Beau Bridges Quotes 0
Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar. Billy Crystal American Comedian More Billy Crystal Quotes 0
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 American Actress More Ellen Burstyn Quotes 0
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 American Actress More Ellen Burstyn Quotes 0
But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar. Ellen DeGeneres American Comedian More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes 0
My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do. Anne Dudley English Composer More Anne Dudley Quotes 0
They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject. Linda Fiorentino American Actress More Linda Fiorentino Quotes 0
I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech. Nora Ephron American Author More Nora Ephron Quotes 0