Academy Quotes

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up, ... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again. - Cher

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country. - Guglielmo Marconi

You meet interesting people and do interesting things as a cadet. I like the people and the training. I'd like to go to the Air Force Academy after I graduate, and I think this will really help. - Eric Jacobson

You make the movies for audiences. You get as many people to see the movie as possible. You do not make them for Academy voters. There are only 6,000 and me. It's going to get at least one vote. I'll vote across the board for my movie. - Sam Mendes

You know, they've never done this before... They do it with the 'serious' arts. When we went to the American Academy and we threw this idea up, [fashion] was not on their radar screen. They were not thinking of fashion as something that was up in the league with the antiques, urban studies, and architecture, and poetry - the classics. But somehow, today, fashion has really morphed into something much bigger than it was. With fashion, because there's so much immediacy, and our shows are so globally broadcast, it may be the most immediate visual manifestation of the zeitgeist. - Michael Burke

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. - Jason Statham

When you look at 2005, which overflowed with remakes and sequels, I think that the Academy recognized that the best films came from independent filmmakers not the big studios. - Gitesh Pandya