Gil Cates Quotes

We hope that everyone involved will understand that this change is being made in response to the critical situation in the Middle East and will help us make these changes work. - Gil Cates

We all want to do the show. The public wants it, the stars want it. But we're all good Americans, so we'll try to [make it] a show that we can be proud of. - Gil Cates

There are big culture issues in these films, contemporaneous issues, and he's about as issue-oriented as a host can be. - Gil Cates

The Academy is mindful that many of its celebrity guests would feel uncomfortable arriving at this year's awards at the beginning of a major war to face a business-as-usual phalanx of interviewers and photographers. Therefore arriving guests will not stop for interviews or photographs. - Gil Cates

The Academy basically reflects the mood of the country. It really deals with what's happening politically and what's happening in personal relationships. - Gil Cates

The 75th anniversary show is a meaningful one for the Academy, and it is wonderful to work with a host who's done it before. A host who's witty, clever, sharp, intelligent, quick on his feet and always on top of the unfolding action. Wait, I've forgotten something. Oh, yeah, and outrageously funny. - Gil Cates

Sometimes 'goofs' happen. We all feel bad about that. I promise that won't happen on the 100th. - Gil Cates

My art is my activism. - Gil Cates

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