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Best Picture Quotes

Celebrating films that reached for Best Picture

This page collects quotes about Best Picture, from Moonstruck's rare run as a romantic comedy nominee to Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty's shared Washington themes.

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.

Quotes by Ron Fournier

'Birdman' is basically 'All About Eve' - the 1950 comedy about rehearsal rivalries in a Broadway show, and another Best Picture laureate - reimagined as a Batman suicide mission. The movie couldn't be actor-ier.

Quotes by Richard Corliss

Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

Quotes by Norman Jewison

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Art Quotes

One of the things you have to be able to do, as a comic strip artist, is to draw things repeatedly from a variety of angles, so you need references, and you find the best picture you can.

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do.

Quotes by Dalton Trumbo

What usually happens on the Oscar telecast is that as soon as best picture is announced, everyone is up out of their seats and running off to their parties.

Quotes by Craig Zadan

You could have the biggest screen, you could have the clearest screen. But if there is not great content on this thing, that big-screen TV is not a huge value to you, even though it has the best picture on...

Quotes by Brian Krzanich

'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the Night.'

Quotes by Andy Kindler

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Frequently Asked Questions

What films are mentioned alongside Best Picture in these quotes?
The quotes mention Moonstruck, Argo, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, and Birdman, all tied to Best Picture nominations or wins.
Is there a quote about Moonstruck's Oscar nomination?
Yes, one quote notes it was one of the few romantic comedies ever nominated for Best Picture.
Does a quote group several Best Picture nominees together?
Yes, one quote discusses Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty as films that lionize Washington-anchored protagonists.
Is there a quote comparing Birdman to an older film?
Yes, one quote compares Birdman to the 1950 comedy All About Eve, reimagined with a Batman-style twist.
Does any quote use Best Picture outside of film?
Yes, one quote calls the human body the best picture of the human soul. See Fame Quotes for related themes.

Another quote steps outside film entirely, calling the human body itself the best picture of the human soul, a striking image on its own.