people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.

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.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are - the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody's going to listen to it, and they'll preface what I say, 'Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.'