Oscar-Winning Performance Quotes

I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times.

Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.

You win an Oscar, and the movie that comes after that is always going to be compared.

I love 'Annie Hall,' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' I absolutely loved it.

Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills.

Rest in peace to Heath Ledger but I'm no joker

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do.

I want to keep 'A Star Is Born' with the greatest reverence ever.

'La Vie en Rose' is just about my favorite movie. Marion Cotillard, I'm so desperately obsessed with her work.

I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - I just think he's incredible.

Of the two 'True Grits,' the John Wayne version one is better.

I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'

Bette Davis, she was so brilliant and one of my heroes, but she worked a ton, and then she didn't get All About Eve [1950] until the last minute. Claudette Colbert was supposed to be Margo Channing, but then she broke her back and couldn't do it. That allowed Davis to play her age.

I'd never met Philip Seymour Hoffman, never knew anyone who knew him, never even read a passably revealing magazine profile of him.