Oscars Quotes - Page 14

• 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.

  Marlee Matlin

  Couple, Naysayers, Tvs

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• 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.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Awards, Exorcist, Categories

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• I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny.

  Christopher Meloni

  Funny, War, Thinking

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• I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

  Helen Mirren

  Queens, Awards, Years

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

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• The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.

  Helen Mirren

  Poor, Presses

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• 'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear.

  Michael Moore

  Two, Firsts, Winner

  Michael Moore (2011). “Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life”, p.15, Penguin UK

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• Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

  Michael Moore

  Kings, Winning, Awards

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• A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'

  Viggo Mortensen

  Winning, Years, Top 10

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• When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

  Marlee Matlin

  Awards, Trying, Might

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• Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.

  Steve Martin

  Thinking, Differences, People

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• 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.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Making Love, Towns

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• I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, "Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?"

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Years, Hollywood

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.

  Damian Lewis

  Running, Latin, Party

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• I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Winning, Engagement, Want

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• I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Inspirational, Girl, Dance

  "In brief: Watching Babel may make you sick". www.theguardian.com. May 03, 2007.

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• Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's what I will achieve. I love being alive so much.

  John Lydon

  Laughing, Able, World Upside Down

  "76 minutes with ... John Lydon". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.

  Seth MacFarlane

  Believe, Honor, Said

  "Seth MacFarlane Oscars Monologue: His Quotes From The Academy Awards". www.moviefone.com. February 24, 2013.

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• The worst thing to happen at the Oscars would be if nothing happened. You want something unscripted, something to riff on, something kinda out there.

  Seth MacFarlane

  Want Something, Would Be, Worst

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• I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Thinking, Want

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• Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

  Elon Musk

  Winning, Years, Car

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

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• 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.

  Robert Mitchum

  Winning, Cadillacs, Tvs

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• I feel very honored and special really. You can't imagine, to arrive at the Oscars when you arrive so low, and you can't go further than the Oscars.

  Berenice Bejo

  Special, Imagine, Lows

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• If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive, call them. Don't text, don't email. Call them. Listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you.

  J.K. Simmons

  Two, Long, Parent

  J.K. Simmons' Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 22, 2015.

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• Tonight we celebrate Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry... brightest.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Sorry, Hollywood, Tonight

  "Oscars 2015: Best & Worst Political Moments" by Allan MacDonell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 22, 2015.

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• Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger and stronger.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Motivation, Guy, Stronger

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