Quotes of Oscar - somelinesforyou

“ That's like asking you to pick your favorite child… I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest works. Oscar caliber. ”

- Mel Gibson

“ I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless. ”

- Nicole Richie

“ I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on. ”

- Celine Dion

“ 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

“ If you win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. ”

- Chris Wedge

“ My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I'm at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition. ”

- Benicio Del Toro

“ Squeezing our money out of politicians is more difficult than squeezing blood from a turnip. To paraphrase an Oscar Hammerstein love song, they never let it go. ”

- Cal Thomas

“ Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar. ”

- Luis Bunuel

“ 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

“ The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them ”

- David Mamet

“ My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels — we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. ”

- Tom Hanks

“ It feels like a barbell. ”

- Marisa Tomei

“ I've been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a bestseller… my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that's going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen's lavatory. ”

- David Niven

“ I have a huge disdain for those artists who say that they don't need a prize to have their talent recognized. If I were a real actress I'd do my best to win an Oscar knowing that the Academy is a serious institution of people who really understand about it. ”

- Carmen Miranda

“ People talk about Michael Clarke Duncan and the Oscar. That's just weird to me. To me, I just hope that I'm not is some hospital somewhere, in a coma, and somebody's gonna say, man, you were in a coma for six months and I'll be like No! I was in the Green Mile! ”

- Michael Clarke Duncan
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