Carice van Houten Quotes

What I really want is an Oscar.

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.

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

I can safely say that no one who has ever won an Oscar didn't want to win an Oscar.

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar.

I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

I love working with Oscar winners.

I'd love to one day win an Oscar just as much as one day I'd like to win a Grammy.

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be.

Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like having Gandalf's staff. You can go anywhere and do anything. It's a talisman of such power.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

This sounds crazy, but my goal is to be nominated for an Oscar. I was the kid who was practicing my acceptance speech when I was ten.

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

I've been so incredibly blessed. I've worked with some of the greatest professionals in town. I stood at the Golden Globes.

You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them. They were given to me. All I did was 2 films. People always say the analogy is Olympic gold medals.

We all have that moment when we think, 'Hand me that Oscar now - you don't even have to have the ceremony'.