75th Academy Awards - Memorable Quotes

Memorable Quotes

• "Ugh, Russell Crowe said 'don't cry if you get up there' and now i'm crying. . Sorry.." - Nicole Kidman, upon received her Oscar for Best Actress.

• "We live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fiction of duct tape or fiction of orange alerts, we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you! And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up! Thank you very much!" - Michael Moore, as he received his Oscar for Best Documentary Bowling for Columbine.

• "It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it. The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo." – host Steve Martin, after Michael Moore's acceptance speech

• "In About Schmidt, Jack Nicholson plays a retired insurance executive who climbs into a hot tub with Kathy Bates...But hey, who hasn't?" - host Steve Martin.

• "Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings." - Kathy Bates.

• "There comes a time in life when everything makes sense. This is not one of those times." - Adrien Brody after winning Best Actor.

• "...you know, it fills me with great joy. But I am also filled with a lot of sadness tonight, because I'm accepting an award at -- at such a strange time. And you know my experiences of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at times of war, and the repercussions of war. And whomever you believe in, if it's God or Allah, may He watch over you, and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution."- Adrien Brody.