- "I do think I'm lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen." -Catherine Zeta Jones
- "I WANTED to do my hair like that (on her curly hair at the Oscars). Sometimes people just don't get things until months later." - Jennifer Lopez
- "I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on." -Celine Dion
- "In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.' " -Jennifer Lopez
- "Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars!" -Chris Rock
- "I'd be lying if I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror and this would have been a shampoo bottle. Well it's not a shampoo bottle now." -Kate Winslet
- "This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers within an industry he so loved." - Heath Ledger's Father
- Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one." -Penelope Cruz
- "This award touches my heart and the very depth of my soul because of who the award is from and those who will benefit. The humility I feel is staggering, and I know it will stay with me for the rest of my life." - Jerry Lewis, accepting an Oscar for humanitarian work
- "I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park that had a dream." -Hilary Swank
- "When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years. When I was 40, nobody wanted me. I couldn't get a job." -Mickey Rooney
- "As a little kid I lived in the projects, and you're the people I watched. You're the people who made me want to be an actor. I'm so proud to be here!" -Whoopi Goldberg
Well, I could go on and on, but the Oscars will be starting soon and I'm at my Dad's place. My Dad doesn't have Tivo! See you soon!
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