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I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.

— Martin Scorsese

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

— Morgan Freeman

What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.

— Octavia Spencer

For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.

— Sally Field

I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing - what a tremendous honor.

— Joshua Oppenheimer

I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

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

My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies - is Christian Marclay's endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece 'The Clock.'

— Jerry Saltz

✗Opposing Perspectives

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

— Demian Bichir

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

— Sally Kellerman