Jennifer Connelly Quotes

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?'

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

I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them religiously when I was a kid.

To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'

Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars.

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

I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.

We are going to have a huge Oscar issue, you are going to see everything in such beautiful detail.

I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.

When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' and then they call my name, and I was absolutely paralyzed. And I remember walking down to the stage and saying to myself, 'Don't run. It's not dignified.'

The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

I was such a New Yorker, I hardly knew what the Oscars were.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

Awards season is big for me - I love following all the films and who might be nominated.

What usually happens on the Oscar telecast is that as soon as best picture is announced, everyone is up out of their seats and running off to their parties.

I'm always caught up in the thrill of award season: The golden statues, the glamorous stars, and the fabulous gowns.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool.

The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He always had good, strong jokes, that faultless delivery, and always a new joke about his own films' failure - once again - to be honored.

Born in the silent era, with the first ceremony hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Oscars are a tradition in a business that doesn't have much of it, and the biggest spectacle in a business that's often nothing but.

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.

Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.