Brett Ratner Quotes

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.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part.

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.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

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

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.

I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

I have an Oscar on my mantel.

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

You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way.

I love working with Oscar winners.

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

For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing more after this. I cannot hope to get anything more prestigious.

I have worked hard to earn recognition in the NBA, and being on the cover of 'NBA 2K19' is a dream come true.

What I really want is an Oscar.

I feel very honored and special really. You can't imagine, to arrive at the Oscars when you arrive so low, and you can't go further than the Oscars.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.