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I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. — Nicolas Cage

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help. — Jeff Daniels

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real. — William H. Macy

Most of my wardrobe is vintage, and I've worn dresses to the Oscars that I got for $10, — Winona Ryder

Is Chris Rock still gonna host the Oscars after this blatant racism?? Is everyone still gonna show up?? — Tyrese Gibson

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig. — Seth Rogen

My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us. — A.R. Rahman

I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one. — Philippe Falardeau

Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars. — Chris Rock

The Northeast is being hit with a major snowstorm. Forecasters said they've haven't seen a whiteout like this since last week's Oscar nominations. — Conan O'Brien

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars. — Nicole Ari Parker

When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first. — LeBron James

The Oscars Ceremony: a great workout for the gag reflex — Dean Cavanagh

Along with the Oscars, the Academy is giving out a green card. — Robin Williams

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar? — Michael Caine

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots. — Dean Winters

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars. — Tim Robbins

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. — Mira Sorvino

Nothing can take the sting off the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other golden statues. — Billy Crystal

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars. — Russell Simmons

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great. — Russell Simmons

The foreign-language Oscar is something that doesn't go to the producer or the director; it goes to the country. — Deniz Gamze Erguven

The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde. — Oscar Wilde

Apparently Jamie is great at being soft and hard at the same time. Which is hard to do for an actor! He's going to get an Oscar! — Kelly Marcel

I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have. — Robert Osborne

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

The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor, — Joan Rivers

To be at the Oscars for 'American Sniper' and then also supporting Red Carpet Green Dress is just twice as cool for me. — Jake McDorman

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars. — Daniel Woodrell

I love the Oscars. All sorts of tacky people win. And watching everyone run up and down those aisles is just adorable. — Geraldine Page

For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green — Bob Hope

The people voting for the Oscars are so old. I haven't seen one Academy Award voter with a tampon in her purse. — Joan Rivers

The Oscar prestige was fine, but I worked more before I was nominated, — Juanita Moore

The Oscar for the films, it'd be nice. But I don't make those kind of films, and I don't think that will ever happen. — Robert Altman

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them, — Larry Wilmore

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize. — Janet Maslin

When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for a while. — Woody Allen

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous. — Marian McPartland

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. — Herbie Hancock

Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it's not because I'm girly, it's because I'm the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde. — Mara Wilson

I adore being able to go to the Oscars and know every single person at the party afterwards. — Mario Testino

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

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

I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the same. — Seth Rogen

I am king of the world! — James Cameron

The Oscars are not something I watch anyway. — Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else. — Jack Nicholson

The subject of Citizenfour, Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason. — Neil Patrick Harris

It [Obama's Nobel peace prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture. — Christopher Hitchens

Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck. — Neil Patrick Harris

The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry. — Frank Capra

To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing. — Chris Pratt

I'm not ashamed of being a bubbly, funny person. I think that's as valid as being the dark, brooding, tortured Oscar-nominated one. — Cameron Diaz

I never liked the Oscars. They didn't do too much for me at all. I felt like a big, vulnerable hunk of baloney being used to sell some products. — Nick Nolte

I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me. — Emmanuel Lubezki

You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin. — Daniel Day-Lewis

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

The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility. — Joe Orton

The Oscars is a sport. There's the excitement of watching something live, as it happens. — Neil Meron

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

I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set. — Hugh Jackman

The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press. — Helen Mirren

Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard. — Count Basie

Human Millipede 6 was the highest-grossing movie of the summer and returned Nicholas Cage to Oscar-winning status. — C.Z. Hazard

I never won an Oscar ... and the Oscars never won Irene Papas — Irene Papas

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

If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back. — Ansel Elgort

I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it has ever known. — Gene Lees

Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period. — Marcia Gay Harden

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup. — Damien Chazelle

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. — Elliott Smith

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

You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art. — James Franco

Tom McCarthy said to me, 'Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man.' — Mark Ruffalo

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business. — Warren Beatty

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

I don't like ostentatious galas and stuff like that, but if you get to the Oscars, you'd better get used to it and you'd better enjoy it. — Philippe Falardeau

Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do. — Benny Carter

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show. — Chris Rock

Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself. — Norman Chad

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk. — Ian McKellen

The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get. — Paul Young

Our minds are big enough to contemplate the cosmos but small enough to care about who wins an Oscar — Dean Cavanagh

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal. — Jennifer Connelly

People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars. — T-Pain

The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun. — Roger Ebert

Tinseltown is eerily silent when The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys, The Sag Awards, and The Golden Globes aren't in full swing. — Amanda Eliasch

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on! — Demian Bichir

We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal ... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement. Life is full of surprises. — Pawel Pawlikowski

I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time. — Jean Simmons

I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING. — Marlee Matlin

I'm the only person who's ever opened the Oscars or done a spot on the Oscars without a script and having it on autocue. — Paul Hogan

To come to the Oscars for the first time and be seven months pregnant is quite a thing! — Rachel Weisz

Make sure, for once and forever, that the color of our skin becomes as irrelevant as the lenght of our hair — Alejandro G. Inarritu

Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo]. — Neil Patrick Harris

The truth is I don't see a lot of movies. I see the Oscar films. I see the films that are sent to me and a few films throughout the year. — Julie Delpy

I would like Albert Brooks to have received the Oscars for best actor, best director and best screenplay for 'Modern Romance.' I love that movie. — Andy Kindler

I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win. — Roger Ebert