Richard Attenborough Quotes

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

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

Academy Awards don't really solve anything.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.

Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.

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

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.

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

I never watched any award show.

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business.

For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought.

In Hollywood, Oscar is king.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

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

I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.

I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

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

I don't want to go to Hollywood.

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.

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.