"Hooray for Hollywood

            That screwy, ballyhooey Hollywood
            Where any office boy or young mechanic
            Can be a panic, with just a goodlooking pan
            Where any barmaid can be a star maid
            If she dances with or without a fan"

 

 

            "I arrived in Hollywood at the age of twenty-two in a time different than today's,

            a time in which the odds against my standing here tonight fifty-three years later

            would not have fallen in my favor.

            Back then, no route had been established for where I was hoping to go,

            no pathway left in evidence for me to trace, no custom for me to follow"

 

 

            "Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors.

             Fantastic actors. And I'm overwhelmed, I'm really overwhelmed."

 

 

            "Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
            There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
            Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
            And the dreams that you dare to dream,
            Really do come true."

 

 

            Walt Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards ever received with 22 competitive and 4                         honorary.

 

            "You know, when you grow up in the suburbs of Sydney or Auckland, or Newcastle like Ridley

             or Jamie Bell, or the suburbs of anywhere, you know, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely

             ludicrous and completely unattainable. But this moment is directly connected to those childhood

             imagining[s]. And for anybody who's on the down side of advantage and relying purely on

             courage, it's possible."

 

 

            "There is no way that I can express to you what I'm feeling right now, my heart is full to bursting,

             except to say, "I'm the king of the world!"

 

 

            "Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them."

 

 

            "Movies are not made in isolation; it's a group activity. And it's only because of the work, the very

             hard work, of many actors, writers, directors, producers, creative technicians, thousands of

             assistants of all kinds, and projectionists, that I'm able to stand here and accept this award.

             I'm very, very grateful to them all."

 

 

            "Thank you. I want to thank those who voted for me to get this award. I wish that Harpo and Chico

            could be here to share it with me, this great honor..."

 

 

            "This had been an incredible joy. One of the greatest I've ever had in my whole life. I have loved

             being a makeup artist so much, but this kind of puts the crown, a cap, on all of that, all of that.

             To have so much kindness given to me all in one huge piece is just too much. I am so grateful.

             Thank you so much."

 

 

            "As you see, the costumes from "Star Wars" are really not so much costumes as a bit of plumbing

             and general automobile engineering"

 

 

            "When a man's an empty kettle,
             He should be on his mettle,
             And yet I'm torn apart.
             Just because I'm presumin'
             That I could be kinda human
             If I only had a heart."

 

 

            "That's the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you. My deepest thanks to the

              members of the Academy for whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town."

 

 

            "Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people

             need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important."

 

 

            "It's much heavier than I imagined. I... gosh, I had something to say and I can't remember what I

             was gonna say for the life of me. I don't think that ever in my life have so many people been so

             directly responsible for my being so very, very glad. It's a wonderful moment and a rare one and

             I'm certainly indebted. Thank you."

 

 

            "Thank you."

 

 

            "It's a very long way from the heart of the Belgian Congo to the stage of the Pantages Theatre,

             and I'm very glad to say that it's a little nicer here than it was there."

 

 

            Zero Dark Thirty Producer Megan Ellison is nominated for a 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture.

 

            "I really want to thank the actors branch of the Academy first, for just being a nominee with four

             actors that I really admire, and at least one that I consider a really good friend who I admire.

             And thank you for that. And for this fellow [the Oscar] from all of the Academy, I just want to share

             it with all the good work that was done by all the branches, whether you were nominated or not

             tonight, but this is all with you."

 

 

            "This is just unbelievable. I'm so honored, touched and relieved that the Academy and the

             members of the Academy that have supported us have seen past the trolls and the wizards

             and the hobbits and are recognizing fantasy this year. Fantasy is an F-word that hopefully

             the five second delay won't do anything with."

 

 

            "Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like

             trying to write War and Peace in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right,

             there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling."

 

 

            "Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.

             Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend

             to be, we'd never get anywhere."

 

 

            "I actually, I have friends who have won this before, but -- and I swear -- I have never held one

             before. This is the first time I've ever had one of these in my hand. Oh, dear."

 

 

            "Ladies and gentlemen, this represents so much effort on the part of so many people. I'm most

             grateful to them, to "King Kong" and Dino for making this possible. I thank them."

 

 

            "If you look round Hollywood there's no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful

             people lining up to be incredible on film."