Quotes from Oscar Winners

Here are some of the most memorable remarks from Oscar winners:

KATHRYN BIGELOW, ACCEPTING THE BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR FOR "THE HURT LOCKER"

"There's no other way to describe it -- it's the moment of a lifetime."

"I'd just like to dedicate this to the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world, and may they come home safe."

Backstage, when asked how it felt to be the first woman director to win an Oscar she said: "I hope I'm the first of many and of course I'd love to think of myself as just a filmmaker and that (in the future)...the modifier would be a moot point, but I'm also happy to be an inspiration."

JEFF BRIDGES, AFTER WINNING BEST ACTOR FOR "CRAZY HEART"

"Thank you Mom and Dad for turning me on to such a groovy profession."

Backstage, when asked about career ups and downs, Bridges said: "As the dude says, its all strikes and gutters. That's about it," referring to his wildly popular character in "The Big Lebowski".

SANDRA BULLOCK, ACCEPTING THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "THE BLIND SIDE"

"Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you down?"

Backstage she joked about the fact she had earned a worst actress Razzie one day earlier for her role in "All About Steve."

"They're going to sit side by side as they should. We're in the entertainment business and that's what we're supposed to do -- take the good with the not so good.

It's the great equalizer. Nothing too good happens before something chops me off at the the knees. They'll be near each other ... but the Razzie will be lower."

MO'NIQUE, ACCEPTING THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE

"To my amazing husband, Sidney, thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forgo doing what's popular in order to do what's right -- and baby, you were so right."

Backstage she said: "Everybody, and I don't care what crime you have committed, everybody deserves to be loved even when they are unlovable."

PETE DOCTER, ACCEPTING HIS BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OSCAR for "UP"

"Never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third-grade math book would lead to this."

MARK BOAL, ACCEPTING THE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OSCAR FOR "THE HURT LOCKER"

"I would like to thank and dedicate this to the troops -- the 115,000 who are still in Iraq, the 120,00 in Afghanistan and the more than 30,000 wounded and 4,000 who have not made it home."

CHRISTOPH WALTZ, AFTER WINNING THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR FOR "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"

"Oscar and Penelope -- that's an uber-bingo!"

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