Oscars Quotes - Page 3

• I never put myself in that box of you're an Oscar winner so you can only do this or that. That's one award, one night, and it does not define my career or it does not define me as an artist. I never wanted to get put in that Oscar box because that's a lonely place to be.

  Halle Berry

  Lonely, Artist, Night

  "Comic-Con: Halle Berry On Shattering Stereotypes, ‘Extant’ & ‘Storm’ Movie". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 8, 2015.

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• The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get.

  Paul Young

  Marketing, Nominations

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• [To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are.

  Anna Magnani

  News, Actors, Get Up

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• I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.

  Octavia Spencer

  Whatever Happens, Happens

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• I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.

  Brett Ratner

  Turns

  "Brett Ratner goes for seasoned pros" by Sheigh Crabtree, www.today.com. November 3, 2004.

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• Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win...not many.

  Christopher Judge

  Winning, Machines, Way

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. July 11, 2006.

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• Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

  Norman Jewison

  Comedy, Moonstruck, Best Picture

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• Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company.

  David Cronenberg

  Winning, People, Creative

  "Exclusive: David Cronenberg Knows What Defamer Is And Still Lets Us Interview Him". Defamer Interview, gawker.com. September 02, 2008.

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• Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.

  Walter Murch

  Hard Work, Hands, People

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• You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.

  Kaitlin Olson

  Thinking, Parent, Lucky

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• I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

  Bai Ling

  Winning, One Day, Actresses

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• I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.

  Brett Ratner

  Would Be, Deals, Huge

  "The GQA: Brett Ratner". Interview with Devin Gordon, www.gq.com. October 31, 2011.

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• The part of [Oscar] Wilde was exceptionally important to me; the man, his achievements, his wisdom, but his downfall, his disgrace and the tragic and bitter end to it have always fascinated, appalled and attracted me since childhood. It was he who first in some measure vindicated my sexuality.

  Stephen Fry

  Men, Childhood, Important

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• There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Males, Wilde

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• The key to making up Oscar Wilde quotes is to add '~ Oscar Wilde' at the end.

  Oscar Wilde

  Keys, Add, Wilde

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• They almost had to cancel the Oscars tonight because all of the designers and stylists are still in line in San Francisco trying to marry one another.

  Joan Rivers

  San Francisco, Trying, Tonight

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• The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your dark room, you dream and wait for it.

  Terrence Howard

  Dream, Believe, Dark

  "Showbiz Tonight" with A.J. Hammer and Brooke Anderson, www.cnn.com. February 13, 2006.

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• I don't like ordinary girls. But a girl who would kill a guy to make him hers and then kiss his still-warm lips... a girl like Oscar Wilde's Salome They drive me crazy. Like Kiyohime turning into a snake to chase her man or the grocery girl Oshichi who set fire to a building just to see hers one more time. I want to be loved like that be obsessed over be hated.

  Mizuki Nomura

  Girl, Crazy, Kissing

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• I only wanna go up the steps toward a different level of stardom. The BET Awards was one of those steps, the VMAs was another huge step. And the next step, eventually, hopefully, would be the Oscars.

  Kevin Hart

  Awards, Next, Steps

  "Kevin Hart: the Realist Husband of Hollywood". Interview with Amos Barshad, www.gq.com. July 2, 2013.

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• I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would definitely be a goal to reach. It's a difficult one, but I'm aiming for it!

  Taylor Lautner

  Dream, Winning, Careers

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• As far as I'm concerned, Cate Blanchett is a goddess, but she's really down to earth. She's got all those Oscars, she's made all those amazing films and she could spend her whole life doing that, but what does she also do? She gives birth to three boys and creates her own theatre in Sydney.

  Sylvester McCoy

  Boys, Giving, Theatre

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• I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

  Steve Zahn

  Campaigns, Care, Stills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Oscars are won with two or three shots only, because if it's really beautifully photographed, you don't really notice it until the astounding moment emphasizes it.

  Nicolas Roeg

  Two, Three, Moments

  "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.

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• The one place you don't want to wear shorts is any major awards show. You can wear them to the Teen Choice or Kids' Choice awards, but not the Oscars or the Emmys.

  Peter Som

  Kids, Awards, Choices

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• To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing. And to be able to go work with Kathryn Bigelow - that's going to be pretty sweet. Hopefully I don't have to go back to being a waiter. That's still my main goal.

  Chris Pratt

  Sweet, Goal, Able

  Source: www.gq.com

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