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Academy Awards Quotes
Lines on chasing recognition at the Academy Awards.
These quotes look at the Academy Awards from both sides - the modest hope of just doing good work on a first feature, and the sting of watching others win for roles once turned down.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Us
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want everybody who is watching to come to the Academy Awards with us. I'm going to pay for the bus.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's called 'Fight Valley,' and it's my first feature film. I just dove in and did the best I could. I don't think I'm gonna win any Academy Awards on this one. I had fun with it and hopefully will get more opportunities like that. It's about two sisters, one poor and one rich, and one goes into underground fighting.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.'
- Awards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my Academy Awards were not worthy.
- Financiers
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are - the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody's going to listen to it, and they'll preface what I say, 'Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.'
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened.
- Favorite Part
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- Nov 07, 2020