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Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.

You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.

I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'

The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?'

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.

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be.

First of all, I never make a movie for awards consideration.