Kerry Condon Quotes

Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history.

The Oscars have always been an arena in which very commercial films are recognised, and I don't mean that in a bitter way; I just didn't ever look in that direction.

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.

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

Can anything be less cool than defending the motion picture academy?

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

I took the Oscars very seriously as a child.

I loved the Oscars, and I had V.H.S. tapes for the Oscars, and I used to watch them over and over. There was probably one year where I watched it, like, 20 times or something.

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

You know it's Oscar season when you see a slew of new movies based on true stories whose resolutions you can find in three seconds on Wikipedia.

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

The Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or as I call them, 50 shades of white.

For me, growing up in Indiana with cornfields and churches, I was always very intrigued by the Academy Awards - they were a big event. That was the one night of the year when all of the glittering movie stars got together, and I used to love that night because, as a child, it was a way to dream for me.

When I was growing up in the house, we'd watch the Oscars.

The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.

I don't really like the Oscars; it's a commercial promotional event. It helps immeasurably to sell films, but it's hardly the Nobel prize.

I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl.

I literally don't think about Oscar.

Usually, people think that award movies are hard to break.

I love Dennis Quaid! I don't know why, but I've loved him forever.

I was disappointed that 'Tangled' didn't get nominated for Best Animated Film.

It's so nice to run into people even now who - if I'm out, a couple of times a week, somebody comes up to me and says, 'I just loved you in '50 First Dates.' That movie is my favorite movie. I just watched it last night.' In my head, I'm always thinking, 'You're kidding me. I never watch anything twice.'

Films are meant for the masses, for the purpose of entertainment.

Though I have been acclaimed for 'Newton,' but my personally favourite is 'Gurgaon.'

It's not about what's a good or bad score at the Oscars, rather what's exposed to the ears more.