Oscar Quotes

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for. (Helena Bonham Carter)
Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? You're damn right they have a right! View quote
Al Lewis
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. View quote
Brenda Blethyn
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. View quote
Mercedes McCambridge
I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar. View quote
Halle Berry
I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me. View quote
Halle Berry
The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun. View quote
Roger Ebert
Immortals is without doubt the best-looking awful movie you will ever see. Eiko Ishioka's costume designs alone deserve an Oscar nomination. "They weren't at all historically accurate," grumbled a woman in the elevator after the sneak preview, as if lots of documentation exists about the wardrobes of the gods. She added: "I guess that's what we deserve for using free tickets we got at a Blackhawks game." View quote
Roger Ebert
When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde. View quote
Camille Paglia
The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde. View quote
Oscar Wilde
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)
I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that! View quote
Keira Knightley
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. View quote
Sean Connery
It [Obama's Nobel peace prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep. View quote
Megan Fox
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.' View quote
Cate Blanchett
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. View quote
Marlee Matlin
Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. View quote
Herbie Hancock
I'd like to win an Oscar. View quote
Vanessa Hudgens
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. View quote
Gordon Ramsay
If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking. (Michael Caine)
January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. View quote
Michael Caine
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. View quote
Alejandro Amenabar
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz. View quote
Maureen O'Hara
Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great. View quote
Paul Reiser