Memorable Quotes At The 84th Academy Awards

Posted by Charmaine Blake on Feb 27th, 2012 in Oscar Buzz | 0 comments

Memorable Quotes At The 84th Academy Awards

The Oscars is never complete without memorable quotes, lines and speeches! Every single person who went up the stage gave their most memorable lines for this year. Let’s take a look back at some of the heartfelt and funny remarks at this year’s Academy Awards:

Funny And Witty Remarks At The Oscars

“The 84th Annual Academy Awards was filled with tears, joy, music, and laughter, lots of laughter.

And that laughter wouldn’t have been possible without the help of fantastic writers and actors. This year’s Oscars host, Billy Crystal, provided most of the jokes, but check out all of our favorites below!

Memorable Billy Crystal Lines

On his introduction: “Well, that was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Thank you so much.”

Referencing his ninth time hosting the Oscars: “So tonight, just call me War Horse.”

“Nothing can take the sting out of economic problems like watching millionaires collecting gold statues.”

Announcing two presenters: “Please welcome a recurring dream of mine — Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez.”

On the first time he saw The Help: “When I saw it, I wanted to hug the first black woman I saw, which in Beverly Hills is about a 45-minute drive.”

Reading Brad Pitt’s mind: “This better not go too late, I have six parent-teacher conferences in the morning.”

Reading Viola Davis’ mind: “I want to thank my agent, who created a great role for a black woman that wasn’t created by Tyler Perry!”

“Front row, you know what I’m thinking? Why don’t we chip in and buy the Dodgers?”

“Please welcome the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Angelina Jolie.”

On Natalie Portman: “Our next presenter is everything little girls want to be when they grow up — smart, talented and a murderous ballerina.”

After Jean Dujardin won Best Actor: “They must be going nuts in France right now. Or whatever the French have in place of joy.”

Other Stand-Out Lines At The 84th Academy Awards

“Thank you Academy for putting me with the hottest guy in the room.”
— Octavia Spencer, holding her Oscar

“Look, I turned down The Descendants to do this.”
— Robert Downey Jr., pretending to shoot a documentary on presenting

“How about we make this dressing room an undressing room.”
— Melissa McCarthy, backstage to Billy Crystal

“You’re only two years older than me, darling, where have you been all my life?”
— Christopher Plummer to his Oscar

“Like many stars here tonight he’s a lot shorter in real life.”
— Bret McKenzie on Kermit the Frog

“As my grandma used to say, it can be short and still make your toes curl. And I believe my grandma was not referring to wieners, but short films.”
— Maya Rudolph while presenting

“I LOVE your country.”
— Jean Dujardin upon winning his first Oscar

“Meryl. Mamma Mia. We were in Greece. We danced. I was gay, and we were happy.”
— Colin Firth presenting Meryl Streep for Best Actress

“When they called my name I had this feeling I could hear have of America going, ‘Aww come on! why her?’ ”
— Meryl Streep after winning Best Actress”

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Read more on why “The Artist” made its way to the top of this year’s Academy Awards by clicking here.

Charmaine Blake loves movies, musical theater listening to music and taking pictures of anything that she finds interesting. She is a voracious reader and writer, and enjoys her time writing for New Movie Launches. Charmaine loves spending time with her pets and currently has a Siberian Husky, a toy poodle and a cat.