White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.
I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch. '
I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.
It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.
I do this for her and my family. This is my way of paying my mom back by going after my goals relentlessly and trying to win that Oscar one day.
The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.
The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get.
Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.
Moonstruck. . . was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Even with a small video we will always be able to do a small movie with friends and to show it to someone. You won't get the Oscar for it. But, after all, why are you writing and why are you filming?
In Hollywood, Oscar is king
It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar.
Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was. . . frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to. . . let it go.
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.
Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
Having 'Oscar winner' on your tombstone is a great thing.
I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.
"Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months. And the Oscar nomination, the film's producer says Colombians are comparing it to having the national team in the World Cup.
