Bernstein Quotes

(2005 Academy Awards acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Leading Role) "I don`t know what I did in this life to deserve all this. I`m just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen, let alone be nominated. And a working actor, for that matter. And now, this. I thank the Academy. I`m eternally grateful for this great honor. I would also like to acknowledge my fellow nominees, Annette, Imelda, Kate, and Catalina, your work inspires me beyond words. I am going to start by thanking my husband because I`d like to think I learned from past mistakes. Chad, you`re my everything. Thank you for your support. It means the world. I would never be standing here if it weren`t for the -- each and every one of the brilliant people I had surrounding me, supporting me and believing in me. Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, thank you for sending me this most marvelous script. You will never know how grateful I am. Paul Haggis, for writing this beautiful script. Our other producers extraordinaire: Albert S. Ruddy (Al Ruddy), Clint, Rob Lorenz (Robert Lorenz). Phyllis Huffman, our casting director. My trainers, Grant Roberts and Hector Roca, you pushed me further than I ever thought I could push myself up to that last pound, actually to that last ounce. I thank you. My sparring partners who were so patient. And everyone at Gleason`s. Well, the ever-amazing Morgan Freeman. Tom Stern, our cinematographer, you are brilliant. Joel Cox, our editor, you`re amazing. You know? I`m going to thank my mom for believing in me from the beginning. My dad, for his support. My agents, Josh Lieberman, Tony Lipp, Kelly Tiffan, John Campisi. Jason Weinberg, my manager (You can`t do that. I haven`t gotten to Clint yet! I saved him for the end) Karl Austen (Karl R. Austen), Jeff Bernstein, my lawyers. And then Clint. Clint Eastwood. Thank you for allowing me to go on this journey with you. Thank you for believing in me. You`re my "macushla" Thank you. Warner brothers, as well. And you know what? Wait! Troy Nankin, my best friend and publicist. Thank you!"

(Since he`s in the business, Chris Barron fortunately understands the demands of his wife`s career.) Even though he sings rock and roll, ... he loves musical theatre '” maybe even more than I do. He loves Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein. . .

(Since he`s in the business, Chris Barron fortunately understands the demands of his wife`s career.) Even though he sings rock and roll, ... he loves musical theatre maybe even more than I do. He loves Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein. . .

It's a big day tomorrow, ... Doug runs Bernstein. That's exciting to watch. (Fans are asking me what it's like to be in a points battle) and I say, '˜you know what? It's exciting. It's exciting to be in it. Just because I drive a race car doesn't mean I'm not a race fan. As soon as I'm done, I'm watching them. It's not just that we're in a points battle, but Bernstein and Kalitta? That's a stout race. Bernstein just hauled butt down the track and Kalitta just smoked the tires. You can be sure it's going to have their stomach's turning.

Guitar World ... orchestrates the growls and snarls that come off his guitar much the same way that Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic.

The biggest rap on me is that I don`t find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It`s not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right.

I don`t know if anyone has noticed, but there are a lot of good race cars out here, ... This is the best field (of Funny Cars) I`ve ever seen and that goes back to the days of `Snake` and `Mongoose,` Bernstein and the `Blue Max` (references to Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, Kenny Bernstein and the car driven by three-time champion Raymond Beadle). I raced against all of them and I got spanked regular. But, bottom line, it`s tougher now. There are no easy rounds.

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don`t go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.