Memorable Oscar night quotes
From on-stage quips to backstage comments, take a look at some of the most memorable phrases uttered at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.
"You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that’s really embarrassing." -Jennifer Lawrence accepting her best lead actress Oscar for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook" after falling on the steps
"You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that’s really embarrassing." -Jennifer Lawrence accepting her best lead actress Oscar for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook" after falling on the steps
"Look at my dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress. That's what happened. I think I just stepped on the fabric and they waxed the stairs ...What went through my mind when I fell down? A bad word that I can't say that starts with 'F.'" -Jennifer Lawrence explaining her fall on her way to pick up her best actress Oscar
"There are three men to whom I owe this and a great deal more. Tony Kushner, our beloved skipper Steven Spielberg and the mysteriously beautiful mind, body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln." -Daniel Day-Lewis while accepting the best lead actor Oscar For his role in "Lincoln"
"I had no idea what I was doing. I was really just a kid. I never thought I'd be back here...It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life. All that matters is you've got to get up." -Producer and director Ben Affleck accepting the best picture Oscar for "Argo"
"People knowing about my movies 30 or 50 years from now, it's going to be because of the characters I created. I really only got one chance to get it right. I have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive and hopefully live for a long time. And boy, this time did I do it." -Quentin Tarantino while accepting the Oscar for best original screenplay for "Django Unchained"
"Here's hoping that someday in the not too distant future the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and never more in real life." -Anne Hathaway while accepting her best supporting actress Oscar for her role in "Les Miserables"
"It's a very 'Happy birthday, Mr. President' dress." -Actress Jessica Chastain on her dress
"I would argue that the actor who really got inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth...A hundred and 50 years later and it's still too soon?" -Host Seth MacFarlane
"I know what you're thinking. Three sexiest producers alive." -Grant Heslov, who along with Ben Affleck and George Clooney produced best picture winner "Argo"
"It's a strange thing, because three years ago before we decided to do a straight swap, I had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher and Meryl (Streep) was Steven (Spielberg)'s first choice for Lincoln, and I'd like to see that version." -Daniel Day-Lewis, joking around while accepting his best actor Oscar for his role in "Lincoln"
"Thank you, movie god." -Ang Lee while accepting the best director Oscar for "Life of Pi"
"I mean, who knows? I guess we'll see. Well, now I am." -Jennifer Lawrence after being asked if winning an Oscar at age 22 makes her worried her career will peak too early
"This has been an exciting year for movies. They reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle if we dig deep enough and fight hard enough and find the courage to believe in ourselves. These lessons apply to all of us, no matter who we are, or what we look like, or where we come from, or who we love." -First lady Michelle Obama, the surprise presenter of the best picture Oscar
"Maybe I'll do like an HBO special like Beyonce did (and win and Emmy). And then a Tony, I'm not so sure. That, maybe one day, maybe someone might want me to do a musical. ... That's not in my probability for the moment." -Adele, who won the Oscar for best original song for "Skyfall" and last year won several Grammys, on the possibility of adding an Emmy and a Tony to her trophy case
"Naturally I was disappointed, and a lot of people said this is something that's going to happen. But when I look at the directors who were, people who weren't nominated as well, Paul Thomas Anderson and Kathryn Bigelow, just amazing, Tom Hooper and Quentin Tarantino. These are all directors who I admire enormously. So, it was a very tough year." -Ben Affleck on not being nominated for best director for "Argo," which won best picture
