In L. A. , unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.
I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.
Tom [McCarthy] said to me, "Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man. "
I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.
Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.
The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.
I remember during Oscar season, the thing I hated most was being talked to differently; people treat you differently. And then I suddenly understood why celebrities can be so weird; it's hard to act normal when no-one treats you normally.
If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that.
Most of my wardrobe is vintage, and I've worn dresses to the Oscars that I got for $10.
[Vincent Price] did Oscar Wilde on Broadway, and I think he probably did it because he was almost like an Oscar Wilde. He had that brilliant humor.
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award.
Along with the Oscars, the Academy is giving out a green card.
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.
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!
I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.
Some of my best friends are Oscar Wilde.
I'm not saying that 'Twilight' is, you know, some brilliant Oscar-winner, it's not 'Dr. Zhivago. ' It's not trying to be. Because it is a female fantasy. I would argue that it's actually a universal fantasy. Which is, the fantasy being to be loved and cherished for exactly who you are.