The 79th Academy Awards thrilled everybody. It was the night of suspense. And when Oscar winners were announced they could not control their outpouring emotions. Here are some of the most remarkable notes of this years Oscar ceremony:
Could you double-check the envelope?
Martin Scorsese was almost astonished when he was announced a best director.
For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle. She’s had her feet planted firmly on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and she has weathered many, many storms.
As it was expected Dame Helen Mirren won the best actress award. So she was not that much surprised.
When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family’s car at the drive-in. It wasn’t my reality to think I would be acting in movies - so receiving this honor tonight tells me that it’s possible.
Forest Whitaker came breathlessly on the stage to receive his best actor award.
Eighth nomination, is that right? You know what they say: ‘Third time’s a charm.
DeGeneres to best actor hopeful Peter O’Toole - who lost out to Whitaker.
More than anything, I’m deeply moved by the open-hearted appreciation our small film has received, which in these fragmented times speaks so openly of the possibility of innocence.
Alan Arkin who scooped first Oscar of his career as a best supporting actor in Little Miss Sunshine was moved by the honor.
People all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It’s not a political issue. It’s a moral issue.
Al Gore, as his environmental film An Inconvenient Truth won best documentary feature.
I asked my kids, ‘What should I say?’ They said, ‘Thank all the men for wearing penguin suits.
Director George Miller, winner of the Oscar for Happy Feet.
The movie that made me want to be a screenwriter was Robert Bolt’s Lawrence of Arabia... I don’t know what happened in the universe to end up in the same audience as Peter O’Toole.
William Monahan expressed his views, he won best adapted screenplay for The Departed.
