John Ridley Quotes

Award shows are really silly. I'm very happy for the people that win the awards, and I can say they're really silly, but I would love to get one. So I also know wasting time on that is pointless.

At the Grammys, you walk down the halls and everyone's got five security guards. You can't talk to anybody. You always feel out of place, like, 'Hey, the rednecks are in town!'

I adore being able to go to the Oscars and know every single person at the party afterwards.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.

'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear.

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

I've always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren't worth it.

There are too many awards shows.

Award shows are fun but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.

I had been watching the Emmys since I was probably 5 years old. Those shows, when you're a kid, it all seems like such a big, big deal, and only special certain people would win one of these big things like a Tony or an Emmy or an Oscar.

I would like to go to the Oscars. I'm not even talking about being nominated - although that would be lovely. Even if it was I won a competition on the back of a crisp packet to go to the Oscars I would like to go to the Oscars.

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

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.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

David Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars' is a Hollywood monster movie in which Hollywood is the monster.

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.

I've been involved in all the different awards shows. Apparently, what I wear becomes important.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true.

I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.