Quotable Oscar
"All right. So, I'm not winning director."
-George Clooney, accepting the best supporting actor award for "Syriana."
At left, Clooney walks the red carpet earlier in the evening.
"I do have some sad news to report. Bjork could not be here. She was trying on her Oscars dress and Dick Cheney shot her."
-Academy Awards host Jon Stewart
At left, Stewart kneels on the stage of the Kodak Theatre during rehearsals for the Academy Awards show Friday, March 3, 2006.
"Thank you. I do my own stunts."
-Jennifer Garner, after nearly tripping on stage over the train of her hand-embroidered Michael Kors gown.
At left, Garner arrives for the Oscars earlier in the evening.
"We're at the party, Mom."
-Philip Seymour Hoffman, as he accepted the best actor award for his role in "Capote." He asked the audience to congratulate his mother for bringing up four children alone.
Here, Hoffman accepts his award at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday night.
"Oh my goodness. I never thought I'd be up here in my whole life, growing up in Tennessee."
-Reese Witherspoon, accepting the award for best actress for her role in "Walk the Line."
At left, Witherspoon got another surprise when the film "Crash," which her husband Ryan Phillippe appears in, won the Oscar for best picture minutes after her award was announced.