Johnny Carson Quotes

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business.

In some ways, the most rewarding thing I've done were the two times that I did the Oscars, particularly the first time because it was really like the ultimate "Let's put on a show," with every great movie star in the world available.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing.

The Oscars is a sport. There's the excitement of watching something live, as it happens.

I loved the Oscars, and I had V.H.S. tapes for the Oscars, and I used to watch them over and over. There was probably one year where I watched it, like, 20 times or something.

I was such a New Yorker, I hardly knew what the Oscars were.

When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for a while.

Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover.

Award shows are really silly. I'm very happy for the people that win the awards, and I can say they're really silly, but I would love to get one. So I also know wasting time on that is pointless.

For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Great news! Hosting Oscars counts five hours toward my community service!

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win. I'd be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.

I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.

When we first went to L.A., Howard Koch, who was the head of Paramount Pictures and later President of the Oscars, threw a welcome lunch for us at his house. There were all these stars there - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Natalie Wood, Henry Mancini.

Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot.

I don't go to any of the big Academy parties while the show is on because, invariably, it turns to people watching me watch the host, and it's not comfortable. I watch at home and hope the show gets to be really good.

I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn't have that at the Oscars.

People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.

As for what attracts me to 'Rising Star,' it's undoubtedly the live format.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

I know the Academy Awards are all about the art, and love, of movie making. But I have to say, my favorite part is the dresses!