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It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

~Adrien Brody

Topics: Academy Academy Award Award Been Before Career Helpful Interesting Just Life-Changing Man Me Path Stay Trying Very Winning Within Young Young Man

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'Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R.

~Alfonso Cuaron

Topics: Academy Academy Award Award Best First Had Make Mama Many Movie Movies Nominated Original Rated Screenplay Stores Take Video

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I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

~Andie Macdowell

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I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

~Angela Lansbury

Topics: Academy Academy Award Age Award Contract Got Major Mean Nominated Put Ridiculous Studio

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I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.

~Barry Levinson

Topics: About Academy Academy Award Award Directing He Hollywood Just Know Me Movie Robert Stuff Talking Think Thinking Whatever Won You

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'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award.

~Bill Murray

Topics: Academy Academy Award Award Day Even Ever Get Greatest Nominated Scripts Written

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My dream was to win an Academy Award. But my other dream was to win the Super Bowl, and there's a chance that might not happen, either.

~Brian Dunkleman

Topics: Academy Academy Award Award Bowl Chance Dream Either Happen Might Other Super Super Bowl Win

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There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

~Clint Eastwood

Topics: Academy Academy Award Award Best Great Just Lot Movies Won You

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At one point, I was greenlighting films and scripts that shouldn't have been made based on the fact that they had that stamp of approval of an Academy Award winner. And the good news is I got to learn the real process of filmmaking - directing, storyboarding, writing.

~Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Topics: Academy Academy Award Approval Award Based Been Directing Fact Filmmaking Films Good Good News Got Had Learn Made News Point Process Real Scripts Stamp Winner Writing

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If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!

~Dana Hill

Topics: About Academy Academy Award Acting Award Best Bothers Closest Get Going Me Mean Next Number One Thing Peers Takes Thing Will Winning Work Years You

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