Robert Osborne Quotes

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.

I'd rather win a pennant than an Academy Award.

I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.

I love working with Oscar winners.

Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.

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.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.

It's much more straightforward to get finance when you have an Oscar.

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

I remember talking with a friend. He asked me a question. He said, 'What's your end game? What's your goal with this?' And I said to him, 'You know, I want to win the Academy Award one day.' And he said, 'OK'.

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.

For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

I have an Oscar on my mantel.

I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.

The Oscar or the Emmy says you've reached a level of competence in this business, and I would love to have one.

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

It's a really big deal to have a star on the Walk of Fame; it feels like an incredible achievement.

It was never an ambition to grow up and win an Academy Award, so when it happens, you go, 'Weird!'

What I really want is an Oscar.

I'd love to one day win an Oscar just as much as one day I'd like to win a Grammy.