I don't GO to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home EVERY night with my kids. Being famous, that's a WHOLE other career. And I haven't GOT any energy for it.

I WOULD NEVER WATCH the OSCAR ceremony.

In order for a PERSON of color to get on a COVER of a MAGAZINE, they have to do something prolific - winning an Oscar, being the first billionaire, you know, or whatever. I think it's becoming more NATURAL that somebody can get on the cover of a magazine just because they're an AMAZING person. That's what it should be.

I NEVER planned to win an OSCAR. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it WOULD be.

There are actors who have never GOTTEN an OSCAR and have done AMAZING work.

You can't BELIEVE RUSSELL Crowe is the same ACTOR who won an OSCAR one YEAR ago for Gladiator.

I NEEDED OSCAR DE La Hoya to GET MOTIVATED.

Oscar DE La Hoya LOOKS GOOD boxing, but you have to consider the opponent.

Its RARE to see a proud and out LGBT person WIN an Oscar in a lead or supporting ACTOR role.

So I won an OSCAR. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my LIFE for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the FILM. That's it, MOVING on.

I REGRET not TAKING my 83-year-old mother to the Oscars the year I won. She deserved the OSCAR for giving up so MUCH for me.

I didn't set out to win an Oscar, of course, but to be in this conversation, it's SOMEHOW an HONOUR and a STRANGE life experience as WELL.

Lost in a CROWD of greats, not a SINGLE OSCAR. That's SHOWBIZ.

If you THINK you're GOING to be up for an OSCAR, you SCHEDULE your moviemaking.

I'm very PROUD of my NEW YORK debut. I played Oscar Wilde in 'Gross Indecency' off Broadway in about 1997. And I was very proud of my Broadway debut in 'The Iceman Cometh.'