I didn`t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.
John Ford
[on James Cagney] Jimmy Cagney was the most dynamic man who ever appeared on the screen. He should have won five Oscars, he was so fabulous. He stimulated me to such an extent. I must say that I didn`t have to act very much; I just had to react to him bec...
Virginia Mayo
[in reference to Katharine Hepburn`s tie for the 1968 Oscar with Barbra Streisand]: "I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn`t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they`d given me half an ...
Bette Davis
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
I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I`m actually awake. The Oscars are so big -- they`re huge ... I`m totally humbled and ecstatic. No words are enough to explain ... it`s like, wow. It`s absolutely incredible. - after finding out about her Academy...
Keisha Castle-Hughes
I do think I`m lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
I could never really see the point of being high-profile when I loathed it so much. Every now and then, you can go to something like an Oscars ceremony, but nobody is holding a gun to your head. The rules were the same 40 years ago as they are now. You ca...
Julie Christie
There`s two things I`ve always wanted to do in my life. One is to host the Oscars. The second is to get a call from Laura Ziskin. You can imagine that day`s diary entry. - After receiving a call from Ziskin, producer of the 2007 Oscars, requesting that El...
Ellen DeGeneres
There`s two things I`ve always wanted to do in my life. One is to host the Oscars. The second is to get a call from Laura Ziskin. You can imagine that day`s diary entry. - After receiving a call from Ziskin, producer of the 2007 Oscars, requesting that El...
Ellen DeGeneres
I`m so happy that every organ in my body is moving in a very bad way. - said backstage at the Oscars after he won the Best Actor category.
Roberto Benigni
The first time I was nominated, I didn`t know anything about the Oscars. That was almost 15 years ago. I just did Oscar week and enjoyed it very much because I was with my mum. Even so, each time it`s happened I`ve come down with some ghastly infection. I...
Emma Thompson
I felt Asoka (2001) should have been chosen for the Oscars. We had worked towards that. We had these international distributors for it. We were the first to actually release an Indian film internationally in traditionally non-Indian theaters. We spent a l...
Shahrukh Khan
[If she`d sooner have a great Hollywood career or a great marriage]: Hmmmmm... Can`t I have both? But if I would really have to choose, then I`d pick a great marriage. I think it would be amazing if I would get to play beautiful parts and win Oscars, but ...
Emma Watson
I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night, basically, very late at night. You don`t watch, you just read the news after to see who won or who lost... The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That`s the ...
Javier Bardem
[On his Feud with Ernest Borgnine]: All the Oscars in the world can`t buy him dignity, class, and talent. I don`t know why he is famous and why he is a star. Talk about a lucky jerk.
Mickey Rooney
At one time, the actress, who won Oscars for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938) had quite a reputation for being difficult - "At one time?!" she erupts. "I`ve been known as difficult for 50 years, practically! What do you mean `at one time`?! Nooo, I`ve ...
Bette Davis
Comedians don`t get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can`t really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my own performance.
Steve Martin
You know for American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.
Bernardo Bertolucci
[on being picked to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards]: As a performer, I`m truly honored to be hosting the show. Although, as an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can`t help but be a little disappointed with the choice. It appears to be another sad attempt...
Jon Stewart
It`s like, once you`ve seen Tom Hanks win the Golden Globes, the Oscars, you`ve seen his wife, what kind of car he drives, when you watch his movies, you can`t fully get really lost in them.
Justin Theroux
On going to the 1996 Oscars: Emma Thompson said to me `Listen, it`s honestly just like going to see a fantastic show`, and actually it really is, because there are so many people to look at and all those fabulous frocks and it`s really fascinating. But mu...
Kate Winslet
Last year I went to the Vanity Fair party after the Oscars and I stood in the corner and had a lot of champagne. It`s very, very scary.
Keira Knightley
People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it`s interesting. It`s like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.
Amanda Bynes
I didn`t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.
John Ford
