I 've this secret goal. Peter O'Toole was nominated for eight Oscars and never won and I wanna beat him. I wanna be nominated nine times and never win. I think when people win, they get a little fat and sassy and their work goes down.

ACTOR ETHAN HAWKE, a four-time Oscar nominee

They always said I was playing in the studio. Actually, I just wanted the ambience to be like a playground. Happy or not, you have to work. It's better to work happily.

ACTOR EKIN CHENG

When they asked if it was gay, I said, 'Didn't you know all my characters are gay?'

ACTOR JOHNNY DEPP recounting how he was almost fired from Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003) because his outlandish performance as Jack Sparrow initially worried Disney executives