Oscars Quotes

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

  Benicio Del Toro

  Littles, Tomorrow, Scream

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• When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years. When I was 40, nobody wanted me.

  Mickey Rooney

  Jobs, Stars, Two

  "'Gandhi' Is Winner Of Eight Academy Awards" by Aljean Harmetz, www.nytimes.com. April 12, 1983.

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• For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green

  Bob Hope

  Firsts, Green, Loser

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• In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'

  Jennifer Lopez

  Hollywood, Friend Love, Heard

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• Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

  Steven Spielberg

  Fantastic, Wanted, Acceptance Speech

  Steven Spielberg's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 21, 1999.

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• I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and...and sir, you're doing a great job, but you're so quick with that stick, so why don't you sit. 'Cause I may never be here again.'

  Julia Roberts

  Jobs, Orchestra, May

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• When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.

  Meryl Streep

  Names, America, Awards

  Oscar Acceptance Speech, www.usatoday.com. February 27, 2012.

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• God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it. I deserve this.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Thinking, God Bless, Acceptance Speech

  Shirley MacLaine's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. April 9, 1984.

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• This is one night I wish I smoked and drank.

  Grace Kelly

  Night, Wish, Acceptance Speech

  Grace Kelly's Oscar acceptance speech, 1954.

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• Gee, this isn't like I imagined it would be in the bathtub.

  Dianne Wiest

  Would Be, Bathtubs

  Dianne Wiest's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 30, 1987.

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• 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).

  David Mamet

  People, Judging, One Day

  David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

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• Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Father, Awards, Pigs

  "Oscars: As It Happened". Oscar Acceptance Speech, www.empireonline.com. February 28, 2011.

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• No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  Lupita Nyong'o's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 2, 2014.

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• What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film.

  Jessica Yu

  Territory, Cost, Thrill

  "Fast-track Oscars as speeches are limited" by Richard Simpson, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 14, 2001.

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• I just remember Kathy Bates getting on the stage and "The Oscar goes to Anthony Hopkins." I looked around, because I really thought Nick Nolte would get it. I really thought Nick would get it. I was very surprised. It was neck and neck with Nick Nolte and myself. So I really was expecting that to happen, and I went in there without any expectations.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Expectations, Necks, Remember

  Interview with Helen Keier, www.ign.com. February 10, 2001.

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• As part of my job, I got malaria really badly and was put in intensive care, and I had a hallucination because they give you this cocktail of drugs to fix you so you don't die, and I had this hallucination that I was at the Oscars and I won and I was a really good actress, and it was so real that when I came out of the hospital, I started saying to people I'm going to become an actress.

  Rebel Wilson

  Jobs, Real, People

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.

  John Wayne

  Weather, Littles, Firsts

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• It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Life, Thank You, Thankful

  "After Very Visible Roles, Lupita Nyong'o Looks To Disappear Into Character". Interview with Neda Ulaby, www.npr.org. April 23, 2016.

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• She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you.

  Jamie Foxx

  I Love You, Dream, Sleep

  Jamie Foxx' Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 27, 2005.

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• The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party

  Jon Stewart

  Stars, Party, Night

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• I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!

  Sally Field

  Careers, Firsts, Facts

  Speech accepting Academy Award for Best Actress, Hollywood, Cal., 25 Mar. 1985.

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• Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'

  Robin Williams

  Father, Memorable, Men

  "Flashback: Robin Williams’ 1998 Oscar Acceptance Speech" by David Humphreys, etcanada.com. August 12, 2014.

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• I just want to thank everybody I have ever met in my entire life.

  Kim Basinger

  Want, Mets

  Kim Basinger's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 23, 1998.

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• Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.

  Chris Rock

  Awards, Rocks, Hollywood

  "For Better Or Worse, Chris Rock Made The Oscars As Black As He Possibly Could". "All Things Considered" with Eric Deggans, www.npr.org. February 29, 2016.

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• Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?

  Sandra Bullock

  Acceptance Speech, Academy Awards

  Oscar Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Acceptance Speech, delivered 7 March 2010

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