Julia Phillips Quotes

Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came over, bowed down, and kissed my hand. It was the most fabulous moment - such a lovely gesture. He didn't say anything.

I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.

I turned down 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brody' with Maggie Smith. I think she got the Academy Award.

I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

Halle Berry is here, whose win last year broke down barriers for unbelievably hot women.

In my life right now, in my music, and just overall I feel like I'm winning. It doesn't matter what this person is saying or what the charts are saying or what award shows are saying, the public opinion doesn't matter. I feel like I'm winning in my spirit.

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.

Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.

I think one day I'd like to win an Oscar.

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy.

People saying that you been robbed is almost better than winning a Grammy.

Sunday is the Academy Awards. Every time an actor says, 'I didn't expect this,' Ruth Bader Ginsburg will do a shot.

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.

My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'

It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth title, I have no answer for that because I never thought it would be possible.

Just know this, if that day does come where I do win this mirrorball, know that I didn't just win it for me, but I won it for all of us with MS.

I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.

The biggest thing for me is the self-satisfaction of winning the race. I don't care about who gets the most attention. I've achieved something that's very special to me.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

Passionate conviction ... sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn't dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults us over hurdles, and our lives unfold.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

I remember when I first moved to L.A. from Michigan when I was 11 years old and I walked down the Walk of Fame and looked at the hand and foot prints of the stars and it was the coolest thing. And I never thought that mine would actually be there one day, so when it happened it was so surreal and such an honor

I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.