“I was just going through airport security when my phone started buzzing! Thankfully they didn’t stop me and I was able to celebrate! I thought they would arrest me for looking like a crazy man laughing and screaming!!! This was truly a team effort and I’m so proud of our amazing team at Blue Sky Studios and Fox! We did it So happy… so happy!”
– Carlos Saldanha, Best Animated Feature, “Ferdinand”
“I want to sincerely thank the Academy for my nomination for ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ I am truly honored to be recognized by the Academy for such a rich character that was beautifully written by Dan Gilroy.”
– Denzel Washington, Best Actor in a Leading Role, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
“I’m so excited and thrilled by the nomination and for “The Shape of Water” team lead by Guillermo the Great. It is rare and humbling to be part of something so special.”
– Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Best Supporting Actor
“We are absolutely thrilled by this recognition from the Academy. It means a great deal to us as filmmakers and it encourages us to continue to tell the stories that move us, in the way we want to tell them. I hope that our nomination will bring audiences into theaters when we open ‘Loveless’ in February.”
– Andrey Zvyagintsev, Director of Foreign Language Film nominee “Loveless”
“ We are just so excited and honored to have been nominated by the Academy. For us, ‘Victoria & Abdul’ was the perfect platform to showcase some ‘back to old school’ classic hair and character makeup skills and we are so thankful to be recognized. A very proud moment for us.”
– Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard, Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, “Victoria & Abdul”
“While it’s hard to believe that this ceiling has taken so long to break, I am absolutely humbled and thrilled to receive this great honor. I hope this nomination serves to encourage more women to throw a camera over their shoulder or to follow their dream no matter how distant it might appear.”
– Rachel Morrison, Cinematography, “Mudbound”
“Thank you so much to The Academy for recognizing ‘This is Me’ with a nomination! We are honored to be included in such great company with our fellow nominees. We share this nomination with the amazingly talented creative team behind this movie. A special thanks goes to the singularly talented Keala Settle whose performance of this song elevates it in a way that we could only dream of. And to Hugh Jackman and Michael Gracey, thank you for taking a chance on us four years ago, before we had a film credit to our name, to help you bring your vision to life.”
– Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Best Original Song, “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman”
“This nomination represents the great work of hundreds of people—from STX and our producers to Jessica Chastain and the entire cast and crew. I couldn’t ask for a greater gang of people with whom to share this incredible honor.”
– Aaron Sorkin, Adapted Screenplay “Molly’s Game”
“JR and I have made our film ‘Faces Places’ to be seen, shared and loved. We felt good to have been chosen in the medium-short list of 15 documentaries of some quality… But, being chosen in the short-short list of 5 films makes us feel good-good! And it also means that we are now in competition with 4 other good-good films. The competition is not that funny, but it’s the way it goes. Whatever happens, we will enjoy the party. For French artists it is an honour anyway.”
– Agnès Varda and JR, Documentary Feature, “Faces Places”
“Firstly, I want to congratulate my fellow nominees, both in the acting categories and across the board. To be in such company is deeply, genuinely, humbling. To have the chance to play an iconic leader like Winston Churchill at this point in my career, was the opportunity of a lifetime and I am so happy that my colleagues and partners on this wonderful film have also been honored with nominations. I am overjoyed to be nominated, and proud to be part of this wonderful thing known as movie making!”
– Gary Oldman, Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Darkest Hour”
“I started the day to the great news that Phantom Thread received six Oscar nominations and Costume Design was one of them! I am delighted to be nominated and thrilled to be in the company of my very talented fellow Costume Design nominees!”
– Mark Bridges, Achievement in Costume Design for “Phantom Thread”
“It was a nice surprise this morning to hear of the nomination. This is a testament to and recognition of the work of all the people on this film. Everyone put in so much that it makes me very happy.”
– Roger Deakins, Achievement in Cinematography, “Blade Runner 2049”
English: “It is a great honor and joy to be here, today with a picture that remains faithful to all my convictions and the images I have loved since infancy. I want to thank the Academy and my professional colleagues for their kind disposition towards ‘The Shape of Water.’ I share these nominations with all the young filmmakers in Mexico and Latin America who put their hopes in our craft and the intimate stories of their imagination…”
Spanish: “Es un gran honor y una gran alegria el estar aqui con una pelicula que es fiel a mis convicciones y a las imagenes que amo desde la infancia. Agradezco a la academia y a mis colegas de profesion su amable disposicion hacia “La Forma del Agua” . Comparto estas nominaciones con todos los jovenes cineastas en Mexico y Latinoamerica que tienen sus esperanzas puestas en el quehacer cinematografico y en la historia intima de su imaginacion…”
– Guillermo del Toro, Best Picture (Producer), Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for “The Shape of Water”
“I am rather giddy with excitement at the wonderful news and extremely thankful and grateful that the Academy have honoured Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis, JoAnne Sellar, Megan Ellison, Daniel Lupi, Mark Bridges and Jonny Greenwood alongside myself with nominations today. It is also quite a day for my son Alfie Oldman – having both parents nominated in the same year.”
– Lesley Manville, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for “Phantom Thread”
“We are so humbled and thrilled that the Academy recognized Darkest Hour with 6 nominations. In a world that seems to be yearning for true statesmanship, to see Churchill’s words and legacy resonate so strongly, not only with audiences worldwide, but now with our peers leaves us with full hearts today.”
– Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski, Best Picture (Producers) for “Darkest Hour”
“Wow, this is an incredible honor. Thank you so much to the Academy. I am truly humbled and proud to be nominated alongside Willem, Richard, Christopher, and of course Woody. The support for our film has been remarkable and I share this recognition with the entire cast and crew. Thank you to Fox Searchlight for your unwavering support. I have been a working actor for a long time and this really means a lot.”
– Sam Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“I’m thrilled our movie was recognized. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is a masterpiece of thoughtful, nuanced and impressionistic sound art. Not the kind of work customarily recognized for this award. This nomination confirms that the best ears in Hollywood and around the world found value in the details, the emotion and the storytelling that sound brings to a motion picture.”
– Mark Mangini, Sound Editing for “Blade Runner 2049”
“While ‘Logan’ was always going to be perceived as the last chapter in a successful “super hero” franchise, and a final performance in this role by my brilliant friend Hugh Jackman, Scott Frank, Michael Green and I always viewed the task of writing it as, first and foremost, an opportunity to make a dramatic character piece, one that just so happened to feature beloved comic book characters. We are so grateful for the nomination.”
– James Mangold, Scott Frank and Michael Green, Adapted Screenplay for “Logan”
“We are thrilled that the Academy has recognized the craft and talent of so many of the incredible people that brought the story of ‘Dunkirk’ to life. But most of all, this recognition helps us to believe that we have done some justice to honouring all those whose lives were affected by the real life events at Dunkirk.”
– Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Best Picture (Producers), Best Director (Nolan) for “Dunkirk”
“We are thrilled and honored to be nominated for ‘The Big Sick.’ We got a masterclass in storytelling from our producers, Barry Mendel and Judd Apatow, and from our director Michael Showalter- all of whom pushed us to dig down, be more honest, and be willing to make changes when the story called for it. It was an incredibly unique challenge to take some of the most vulnerable, painful, and beautiful moments from our life together and turn it into a movie. At times we worried it would be insurmountable, or would rip us apart, or even worse- that no one would like it. The fact that it connected with audiences is exhilarating, and this nomination proves that our love is real. We have decided to stay married.”
– Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, Original Screenplay for “The Big Sick”
“I am absolutely thrilled to have received this nomination by the Academy. It was quite unexpected but incredibly gratifying. Everything has happened so quickly of late that I am still a trifled stunned but excited by it all.”
–Christopher Plummer, Supporting Actor for “All The Money In The World”
