77th Annual Academy Awards: The Things They Say at the Oscars and Fascinating Facts (2005/02/28)- Tickets to Movies in Theaters, Broadway Shows, London Theatre & More

“I know you think it’s cheesy, sweetheart, but I have to thank you.” Cate
Blanchett thanks her husband Andrew Upton in her acceptance speech for Best
Supporting Actress at last night’s Oscars.

“Do I think the Oscar will change me? Absolutely, you a**ehole.” Blanchett
plays at being a diva backstage at the Academy Awards.

“Now she talks to me in my dreams… and I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight
because we’ve got a lot to talk about.” Best Actor Oscar winner Foxx pays
tribute to his late grandmother Estelle Talley in his acceptance speech.

“I don’t know what I did in this life to deserve all this. I’m just a girl from
a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.” Humble
Hilary Swank accepts her second Best Actress Oscar.

Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs

“I’m here to witness some black history. The revolution is being televised.”
Oscars presenter Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs championing Jamie Foxx at the Academy
Awards.

“I wanna thank my daughter for telling me just before I got up here, ‘If you
don’t win, dad, you’re still good.'” Jamie Foxx thanks his Oscars date.

“I watched Sidney Lumet out there, who’s 80 and I figure, ‘I’m just a kid, I’ve
got a lot of stuff to do yet.” Best Director winner Clint Eastwood, 74, feels
like a youngster next to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sidney Lumet.

“We may be doing a booty dance during ‘Believe.'” Josh Groban jokes about dancing
with his duet partner Beyonce Knowles at the Oscars.

“I did the old red carpet diet. I started a month ago. It’s difficult in the last week because there are all these wonderful parties and incredible catering and food–that’s tough.” Actress Helen Mirren on how she got her body in tip-top shape for the Oscars, where she supported her husband, director Taylor Hackford.

“Thanks to the Academy. 29 seconds. 27 seconds. That’s really intimidating.
I’ll try to look somewhere else.” Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer Charlie Kaufman was distracted by the clock limiting the length of his speech when he stepped up to collect the award for Best Original Screenplay.

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas

“I was attempting to climb Mount Everest and I made it to the 16,000-foot thing and I tripped and broke my foot.” Melanie Griffith attempts to explain why she was walking with a cane at the Oscars last night.

“We’re having some tequila.” Asked which wine he’ll be drinking to celebrate
wine-drinking comedy Sideways, director/writer Alexander Payne confirmed he had
other ideas following his Best Adapted Screenplay win.

“I’d like to formally apologize to all the actors for making them look so unfortunate. But it was worth it, wasn’t it?” On accepting the Oscar for Best Achievement In Make-Up, Valli O’Reilly revealed the upside to looking bad in Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events.

“I think we’re working on a couple of pieces where I’ll get the girl.” Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Morgan Freeman looks forward to more romance in future movies.

“Boy, am I glad there wasn’t a fourth episode of Lord of the Rings.” Spider-Man 2 visual effects supervisor John Dykstra is relieved the J.R.R. Tolkien film trilogy is over as he accepted the Best Achievement in Visual Effects Academy Awards.

“I don’t know what’s more frightening, being watched by millions of people, or the hundreds of people that are going to be annoyed with me tomorrow for not mentioning them.” The Incredibles director Brad Bird is worried about those he forgot to mention while picking up the Best Animated Film Oscar.

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Fascinating Oscar Facts:

At least five actors and actresses nominated for major awards at this year’s
Academy Awards started their careers in TV shows. Best Actor nominee Johnny
Depp first appeared in cop show 21 Jump Street, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s big break
was in comedy Growing Pains, Best Director winner Clint Eastwood started out in
western Rawhide, Best Supporting Actress loser Laura Linney first appeared in
Tales of the City and Best Actress winner Hilary Swank began her career in teen
drama Beverly Hills 90210.

Julia Roberts made her first public appearance after becoming a mum to twins at
the Oscars last night to present Clint Eastwood with Best Director
honors.

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz prepared for the Oscars last night by
gorging on cheeseburgers.

Elton John flew in his favorite Italian chef from Venice for his post-Oscars
party in Los Angeles last night.

Rapper-turned-style guru Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs designed host Chris Rock‘s tuxedo
for last night’s Oscars.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is campaigning to have an extra
category for stuntmen and stuntwomen included at the Oscars.

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett‘s Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Katharine
Hepburn in The Aviator means she is the first ever actress to win an Oscar for
playing an Oscar-winning actress.

When nominations for the 77th Academy Awards were announced, 29-year-old Kate
Winslet became the youngest star to achieve her fourth nomination. The actress
picked up her first nod in 1996 for Sense & Sensibility and was recognized by
the Academy again in 1998 for Titanic, in 2002 for Iris and this year for
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Marlon Brando previously held the
record, after picking up his fourth nomination at the age of 30 for his role in
On the Waterfront in 1955.

Best Documentary Oscar nominee Morgan Spurlock, who dined on McDonald’s fast
food for 30 days for his film Super Size Me, is married to vegan chef Alexandra
Jamieson.

Two of this year’s leading Oscar contenders share the same acting coach. Larry
Moss helped Leonardo DiCaprio prepare for The Aviator and did the same for
Hilary Swank on Million Dollar Baby.

The Motorcycle Diaries‘ “Al Otro Lado Del Rio (The Other Side Of The River)” was the first Spanish-language song ever to be nominated for an Oscar.

Last night’s Oscars marked the second time Annette Bening lost out to Hilary Swank in the Best Actress category. Bening was nominated in 2000 for her performance in American Beauty, but the award went to the then-unknown Swank for Boy’s Don’t Cry.

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