Nick Nolte Quotes

Red carpets are awful. They're like a kind of purgatory - you stand there, and there are cameras flashing everywhere. One of my first red carpets was in Cannes for 'The Great Gatsby,' and I'd never seen anything like it.

The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business.

I think Hollywood has always, you know, there's always been glamour associated to it. And especially in the last ten years there has been a growing sort of obsession with celebrity life and celebrity culture.

I'm kind of irritated by the Hollywood scene.

I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true.

Entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me.

I know the Academy Awards are all about the art, and love, of movie making. But I have to say, my favorite part is the dresses!

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.

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe.

I laughed at the whole Cannes Film Festival thing because it didn't feel real. I remember getting off the red-eye when I arrived in France. I had a cowboy had on and some zit medicine, and there were like 15 photographers who jumped over the luggage carousel to take pictures of me.

In some ways, the most rewarding thing I've done were the two times that I did the Oscars, particularly the first time because it was really like the ultimate "Let's put on a show," with every great movie star in the world available.

I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.

I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does.

I don't live in the Hollywood bubble. I never have and I never will.

I remember being at the premiere of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' and the tremendous reaction from the crowd outside, then going to a party at a hotel afterwards where the speakers were blasting 'Shakedown,' a song from the movie. That felt like a show biz moment to me.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

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

I believe there's one rule in Hollywood, and that's that there are no rules.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.