“In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was allowed back to America to receive an honorary Oscar, 'for the incalculable he had on making motion pictures the art form of this century'. That's what the Academy was always for - to blur the equation enough so that profit and fame could be called art.” ArtEnoughAmericaFilmFormCenturyFameHollywoodProfitOscarsEquationsAcademyCharlieBlurMotion PicturesChaplinHonorary Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.” GivingActingHollywoodAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Shirley Knight
“At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.” ThinkingActorsActingHollywoodPressesDinnerActressesAgentsAwardsAcademyAcademy AwardsActors And Actresses Author:Bob Hope
“Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.” RocksLike YouHollywoodRacistAwardsOscarsAcademyAcademy AwardsSorority Author:Chris Rock
“The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.” PeopleWinningHollywoodPresidentialNbaAwardsBowlsChampionshipAcademySuper BowlInaugurationAcademy AwardsNba Championships Author:Cheo Hodari Coker
“There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.” IdeasFormComedyStrangeDramaHollywoodWorthyReasoningConsiderationAwardsAcademyDeserving Author:Gene Kelly