Chris Rock Quotes

The Oscars are this Sunday. Host Neil Patrick Harris said he hopes the broadcast will include a 'Kanye moment.' Unfortunately a Kanye moment may not be possible because that would require a black person to be at the Oscars.

The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party

I don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird.

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

All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven't won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess.

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!

The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business.

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

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

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

I think one day I'd like to win an Oscar.

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.

If they made films in Palm Beach, actors and actresses would be much better dressed.

The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place.

Awards season is always a huge amount of fun whether you're a part of it or not. It's always really exciting seeing what films are coming and a lot of new talent as well.

Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.

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

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

Most actresses save their best gown of the award season for the Academy, so it truly is a red carpet full of the fashion's creme de la creme.

I've done a handful of voiceover and on-camera jobs where I've been asked to 'be blacker.' That's code for sassier, more ghetto, more neck rolls and snaps.

I've watched the Emmys for almost my whole life, so it was crazy to finally be there in the audience clapping and actually going on stage. Hopefully one day I'll get to be actually nominated.

A lot of people are going around saying, 'You won the Academy Award for such and such.' 'No. I didn't.' 'You didn't?' 'Well, you should have.'