Quotes About Oscar

You know what you have to do to win an Oscar these days? Play a character who's lost an arm, or a leg, or a mother, or a father, or preferably all of the above. Make it miserable and squalid and base, so people will cry their eyes out and call you a genius, but if you inspire people or make them laugh? You're not even under consideration when awards season rolls around. I'm sick of this cultural hegemony of depression.

I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.

Arguably, poor Oscar was merely an early failed and somewhat overweight prototype for Morrissey.

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

For 'So Cold the River ' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter ' and who also wrote '8 Mile ' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.

Jared Kushner in quite a short period of time—rather less than a year—had crossed over from the standard Democratic view in which he was raised, to an acolyte of Trumpism, bewildering many friends and, as well, his own brother, whose insurance company, Oscar, funded with Kushner-family money, was destined to be shattered by a repeal of Obamacare.

When a killer tries to change something on a crime scene deliberately to throw the detectives off track, it is called staging. This killer was so good at staging that he should have been awarded an Oscar for his performance.

Joseph receives little credit in religion while Mary is revered by many. But the Oscar should go to him for believing in his wife and in the miraculous birth of Jesus.

And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

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

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

When a voice behind me whispered low,"That fellow's got to swing."

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.