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Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars. -- Chris Rock
In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.' -- Jennifer Lopez
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). -- David Mamet
You don't make pictures for Oscars. -- Martin Scorsese
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The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business. -- Warren Beatty
People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars. -- T-Pain
That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars. -- Russell Simmons
I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real. -- William H. Macy
I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars. -- Daniel Woodrell
I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars. -- Tim Robbins
Great news! Hosting Oscars counts five hours toward my community service! -- Billy Crystal
The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press. -- Helen Mirren
If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back. -- Ansel Elgort
I never won an Oscar... and the Oscars never won Irene Papas -- Irene Papas
To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing. -- Chris Pratt
Along with the Oscars, the Academy is giving out a green card. -- Robin Williams
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. -- Elliott Smith
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great. -- Russell Simmons
You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk. -- Ian Mckellen
I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no. -- Seth MacFarlane
At the Oscars, if you didnt vote for 12 Years a Slave' you were a racist. -- Gary Oldman
The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. -- Mira Sorvino
Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company. -- David Cronenberg
I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me. -- Brett Ratner
I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on. -- Celine Dion
Most of my wardrobe is vintage, and I've worn dresses to the Oscars that I got for $10, -- Winona Ryder
If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots. -- Dean Winters
Is Chris Rock still gonna host the Oscars after this blatant racism?? Is everyone still gonna show up?? -- Tyrese Gibson
To come to the Oscars for the first time and be seven months pregnant is quite a thing! -- Rachel Weisz
I don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird. -- Donal Logue
I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one. -- Philippe Falardeau
I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show. -- Chris Rock
As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception. -- Paul Haggis
You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art. -- James Franco
I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. -- Nicolas Cage
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show. -- Marlee Matlin
If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that. -- Ellen DeGeneres
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 love the Oscars. All sorts of tacky people win. And watching everyone run up and down those aisles is just adorable. -- Geraldine Page
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
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
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
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 we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. -- Harvey Weinstein
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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I'd be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid. -- Billy Eichner
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
Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven`t seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have some Hollywood fans here. -- Killer Mike
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
If Milo [Yiannopoulos] were a liberal, he could say whatever and then some, and he wouldn't be addressing Conservative Political Action Conference, he would be emceeing the Oscars. -- Rush Limbaugh
You need to look like a lady at the Oscars. Otherwise, Joan Rivers will tear you apart. Then again, you aren't really anyone till Joan Rivers tears you apart. -- Paris Hilton
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'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills. -- Lee Daniels
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
All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like are also liked by things like the Oscars. -- Seth Rogen
The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself. -- Roberto Benigni
When I think about the idea of Rebel Wilson having to go to the Oscars and not having something amazing to wear that's made for her, it drives me mad. -- Beth Ditto
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
Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.' -- Rob Sheffield
All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven't won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess. -- Clint Eastwood
Anne Hathaway, you gave a stunning performance in "Les Miserables." I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that, since you were onstage with James Franco at the Oscars. -- Tina Fey
I think everyone practices their Oscars acceptance speech with a shampoo bottle, and I've done my fair share of them. It's really surreal to be able to do it in real life. -- Graham Moore
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 who won or who lost. -- Javier Bardem
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
They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world. -- Bruce Vilanch
Mammootty is a great phenomenon.. If I was one among the jury for honourary award of Oscars, I would have definitely selected him as best actor for the film Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar -- Ram Gopal Varma
People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. -- Halle Berry
I love Jessica Chastain. I love her; she's amazing, and she's such a good actress, and she's been nominated for Oscars, and she's just a big role model to me. I love her. -- Joey King
I mean, if I'm going to the Oscars or something, yes, there are people that are contributing and I'll tell them what I don't like or whatever. I know what I don't like. -- Jared Leto
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
In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work. -- Sally Field
The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact. -- Heath Ledger
I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends. -- Brett Ratner
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
I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't experience the real prom: the nerds, gay, arty outsiders. Hollywood is high school with money. -- Kevin Sessums
When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar. -- Julie Harris
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy. -- Marilyn Monroe
I've been nominated four times, never won. And the whole world is going, `Why hasn't Winslet won one?' That's why I'm doing it. "Schindler's Bloody List," "The Pianist," Oscars coming out of their ass. -- Ricky Gervais
When I reflect on the issues that black Hollywood has had with the lack of representation at the Oscars, I realized that we have a responsibility to tell stories that are meaningful for our history. -- Usher
Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting. -- William Goldman
Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And advertising has its Clios. And its Andys, Addys, Effies and Obies. And 117 other assorted awards. And those are just the big ones. -- Joanne Lipman
Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be. -- Steve Carell
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 think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they're growing up, dream of holding that Oscar. -- Brad Grey
Tom Cruise shouldn't try to win Oscars. He should just smile and kick people in the face and leave the acting to Hugh Jackman. Why Hugh Jackman? I dunno; come up with your own example, smart-ass. -- Doug Benson
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
Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are. -- Bruce Vilanch
At the Emmys, you've got a bunch of people who are used to being on TV on TV. You don't have that at the Oscars. At the Oscars, you have people who are used to having 40 takes. -- Jimmy Kimmel
I was cast in a movie [originally] called Mr. Spreckman's Boat, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly. I felt like an "actress." Both of them have won Oscars - maybe that means I might one day. -- Tracee Ellis Ross
The day after the Oscars, I flew back to London to film a television play for Anglia. It was a big mistake because you never really get acknowledged for wanting to work in England, as I did. -- Ron Moody
You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time. -- Olivia Wilde
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
I had an existential crisis at the Oscars, sitting next to Sean Penn and Meryl Streep, and being like, 'What am I doing here? I don't belong here'. I felt like it could all be taken away. -- Amy Adams
When A R Rahman won the Oscars, I had a dream of being able to congratulate him in person. This dream is now a reality thanks to Airtel digital TV. This day will forever remain truly unforgettable. -- Mohammed Rafi
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
I want to meet Denzel Washington when I go to the Oscars. Every man wants to see Halle Berry in person. And, you know, Dolly Parton... I wouldn't mind seeing Dolly Parton. She's from Tennessee, I'm from Tennessee. -- Juicy J
Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like having Gandalf's staff. You can go anywhere and do anything. It's a talisman of such power. -- Alex Gibney
There's my pessimism. Because I didn't know yet that type of film is always going to become more extinct, that there won't be anymore. Because there will always be more films that win five Oscars like Terms of Endearment. -- Sergio Leone
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
In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said 'looks like we're a couple of peeing Toms. His angry silence is something I'll never forget. -- Tom Hanks
Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he's voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film. -- Peter Berg
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