Octavia Spencer Quotes

I would like to go to the Oscars. I'm not even talking about being nominated - although that would be lovely. Even if it was I won a competition on the back of a crisp packet to go to the Oscars I would like to go to the Oscars.

In Hollywood, Oscar is king.

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 took the Oscars very seriously as a child.

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.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

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

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends.

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.

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

I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.

I love the Oscars. All sorts of tacky people win. And watching everyone run up and down those aisles is just adorable.

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

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

Thank you, Hollywood, for allowing me to be part of your group.

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

The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place.

Going to the Oscars is always the most sensory overload and a huge amount of fun.

The Oscars is always the most special event of Awards Season and is the grand finale - there's just something about the atmosphere that makes it magical.

When I was five years old, I remember watching the opening of the Oscars with my mother and crying as I watched celebrities walk in on the red carpet. Why would any child cry watching the Oscars? For me, the reason was simple: I wanted to be there so badly that I burst into tears.

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

I work with a lot of movie stars.