276 Quotes About Academy

The National Academy of Sciences has made clear that mileage can be increased significantly with current technologies and without reducing safety.

The Academy is an excellent institution, but we want to have what they have,

'Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R.

I could give countless further examples that show why the honorable institution of the Academy deserves our support and gratitude. I believe that to have the Academy censor films based on their content and message would only serve to weaken this institution, which has flourished on the principles of freedom of expression and on a profound belief in the integrity of its members to vote and decide what films are truly deserving of recognition.

For instance, we used part of $50,000 this year to do some emergency maintenance work at Academy school. This has always been set aside for unforeseen repairs.

This is not an industry that says OK. It has to be about big business and big budgets. I think the beauty of the academy is that it finds little moments to say, 'Let's talk about these films and let's talk about things that maybe the rest of the mainstream doesn't get a chance to see.

The Academy basically reflects the mood of the country. It really deals with what's happening politically and what's happening in personal relationships.

What makes the bravery of the men and women of the FBI so special is that they know exactly what they're in for. They spend weeks and weeks in an academy learning just how hard and dangerous this work is. Then they raise their right hands and take an oath and do that work anyway.

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world.