The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.
The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun.
There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.
The Oscar for the films, it'd be nice. But I don't make those kind of films, and I don't think that will ever happen.
I'll be honest with you: I'd rather have BAFTA over an Academy Award any day. Because it's just cool.
I win my awards at the box office.
When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for a while.
You ain't ever gonna get an Academy Award for doing 'Crank,' and you certainly won't for doing all the other movies I've done.
There's only one list that's more illustrious than the list of directors who won the Palme d'Or. It's the list of directors who didn't.
Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.
If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as if it's ignored that doesn't make the movie any worse.
