Alex Gibney Quotes

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

What I really want is an Oscar.

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 guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!

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

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

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

I really don't think about the Oscars.

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.

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

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at Super Bowls, World Series, and Olympic Games; my books have been on best-seller lists, and my marriage is a long-running success.

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'

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

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

Fame overcomes everything.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

You win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. I had a lot of meetings.

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

I love working with Oscar winners.

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