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They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for ... ELLEN BURSTYN (for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.
DANNY AIELLO
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. BRENDA BLETHYN The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER The awards started at a time when there was no form of recognition for reggae in the world.
EPHRAIM MARTIN I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated...
ANGIE MARTINEZ I think everybody in the ballpark was thinking 'could it happen?' ... but there's no category for al...
ALAN TRAMMELL Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
NORMAN JEWISON For some peculiar reason, two films about Oscar Wilde were started at the same time, back in 1959 or...
PETER FINCH I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. ...
DON AMECHE
And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?...
No Face... a pe...
DEYTH BANGER There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.
ENNIO MORRICONE It was not a good time for me to stop because I just birdied 11 and 13, but I more than made up for ...
ALASTAIR FORSYTH The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now t...
JACKI WEAVER My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes,' was nominated for a number of book awards, one ...
DIANA GALBADON
My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes', was nominated for a number of book awards, one ... DIANA GABALDON But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER
I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing. JOHN SINGLETON I turned 30 as a janitor. I was thinking at the time that Hank Williams died when he was 29. All my ...
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I...
BILLY ECKSTINE
When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period p... CAITLIN MORAN It was very cool to be honored and be acknowledged in that way for the first time ever, being nomina...
SHEILA E. My most memorable moment was seeing a Mercedes Benz trash truck. They had Mercedes Benz' over there ...
STEPHEN MCDOWELL I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unb...
PABLO SCHREIBER
I was like, 'We're going to get nominated for an Academy Award for this.' I really was, ... I even t... TREY PARKER When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'J...
RITA MORENO
Today what was impossible is made possible and the rest is history SUNDAY ADELAJA I grew up in the church. I was raised in the church.
QUINTON AARON For me anyway, I had some time, and I knew everybody was throwing money, and that was good I didn't ...
CROSBY DAVIDSON That's a fundamental change. In the past, it was always: What can Mercedes do for Chrysler?
WILLI DIEZ When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definite...
DAVID LAMBERT It was never needed, ... It was created out of hysteria at the time but there was no real economic j...
BERT ELY
I don't think they did know what to do with me, ... But what they did do is establish an audience fo... ARETHA FRANKLIN So many people who have been nominated for an Oscar have had bad luck afterwards.
GIG YOUNG
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor... PAT MORITA
Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes d... NANCY REAGAN I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.
QUVENZHANE WALLIS
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went. BEAU BRIDGES
The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they...
ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE He wasn't a bad person at all. He never did bad. Everybody liked him. He was a really nice guy and w...
JOSH WHITE There was no attempt to determine who was accountable on the 9/11 Commission. This time, there's got...
KRISTEN BREITWEISER It was a quick move. It shocked us, but he did a heck of a job. When he was out there he played like...
LEMAR MARSHALL Think of BMW at an early stage of development in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was playing catch up w...
COLIN COUCHMAN My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the...
ANNE DUDLEY I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON
I was born in a blender. LORNA LUFT
I was born 'neath a clouded star. JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER
I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ERIC ALLIN CORNELL
I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today's standard... JEREMY CORBYN
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Acade... SALLY KELLERMAN
I did not marry the first girl that I fell in love with, because there was a tremendous religious co... WOODY ALLEN I think the U.S. was so insular in the 1990s, and I don't know if it was 9/11, but there was somethi...
GEOFFREY GILMORE It definitely is an ice breaker going into the awards already having one, and it was just so crazy w...
MAREN MORRIS
When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And t... LINDA BLAIR It was different for me because I was there by myself. I did feel that it was just me, not my team. ...
BARBIE VINEY At the time, I assumed the wind was so strong, it blew open a door. I had no idea what I was in stor...
BILLY HAMILTON
Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that co... GABOUREY SIDIBE I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate...
PAUL GIAMATTI
There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born. ANNA HELD
I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in... PATTI SMITH There was love in what he did. There was kindness. There was no meanness in him.
RUSSELL JOHNSON I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be...
BARNEY ROSS I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it ...
VANESSA PARADIS I was a senior in high school at the time. Everybody was playing the Beatles; everybody liked the mu...
CURTIS REMINGTON
I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for bes... RITA MAE BROWN He came into our locker room that first time, and everybody was just kind of sitting there. The firs...
JACOB BURTSCHI I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston.
DOUGLAS WOOD We were so mad. My girlfriend was out of town, so I couldn't go, but everybody else was bummed. Ever...
ALAN WRIGHT There was no south, there was no north, no east and no west-just the 11 apostles.
PAUL J. F. LUSAKA There was no doubt I was in bounds, but I wasn't sure about the time. But I know I was in.
CODY MOODY I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciti...
AMANDA BURTON
I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. JACK VANCE Right now, everybody is in one category, but I gradually want to change that to where each category ...
MANAGER HENRY DURANT
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridic... ANGELA LANSBURY
My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye... SOULJA BOY But I was definitely excited. It was kind of a mixed emotion time for me, because I was in an exam a...
DAVID LOWRY was driven by pure hatred. There is no excuse for what he did.
JAMES BROOKS The air horns were going. As he was going through the intersection, he's blowing the air horns. He's...
JERRY MCCRAY The underlying Mercedes margin excluding one-off items and provision releases was significantly weak...
ADAM JONAS It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight ...
BRUCE DAVISON
But what I did sense was an emptiness like a black hole inside of him, and there was no predicting w... RYū MURAKAMI What they did the third quarter was to not miss a shot. Everybody was on. No matter what defense we ...
RON GINAPP But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win...
BODE MILLER
The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It's different people at different time for us. Everybody steps up for us. It truly was a team effor...
BRENDA PENA Stop spending money to be nominated for worthless awards with no substance and no worth to your care...
LOREN WEISMAN What stood out for me, and I think for everybody, was the fuel expense. It was expected to be higher...
CAMERON DOERKSEN
First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came ... MARTIN NIEMOELLER
First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER I felt like, when Mercedes touched the ball, she could score at will. What I am most proud of is tha...
AGNES BERENATO I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act...
AARON JOHNSON Everybody was in a fine mood, everybody was calm. Everybody's been up here for a few years now. What...
KYLE DOWNEY
I was born in August, no July, 1908. SATCHEL PAIGE
I was born in the technology era. MALUMA I was born with an evil face.
BARRY SLOANE
That’s how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks. 
If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. 
Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happen... 
Beauty without intelligence is an illusion that is close to disenchantment. It is like a fairy that ... 