Oscars 2010: Quotes of the night

Angela Griffin, Sky Host "George Clooney's just walked past, J-Lo's behind me. I mean, what kind of night is this?!" George Clooney on the red carpet "I'm feeling very lucky to be here and fairly aware that Jeff Bridges is going to win." Mo'Nique on the red carpet "[My dress] is Tdarshi Sodi, face is by Dirk Rutledge, my hair is by Layla Paul, my jewellery is by Sean Paul, and my man is by God." Colin Firth on the red carpet "It's like somebody fired me out of a cannon sometime in September and I've left the Earth's atmosphere around October and now I'm just circling Pluto, on my way back – probably with a big bump tomorrow." Sandra Bullock "If you hang in there long enough they'll throw you a bone." Steve Martin "Anyone who's ever worked with Meryl Streep always says the same thing: can that woman act! And what's with all the Hitler memorabilia?" Christoph Waltz, best supporting actor "Quentin, with his unorthodox methods of navigation – this fearless explorer – took this ship across and brought it home with flying colours." Ryan Bingham, best original song "I'd like to thank my wife, Anna. I love you more than rainbows, baby." Nicholas Schmerkin – producer, Logorama, best animated short "We've been working for a very long time on this film. I took six years to make this 16 minutes. So I hope to come back here with a long feature film in about 36 years." Ben Stiller [dressed as a Na'vi from Avatar], presenting best makeup "Has vee a tell-ah no-vah vick! Par-tah par-the carrrgh marrr! Pisscah boray brrrrrrr HAH! That means: this seemed like a better idea in rehearsal." Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin "He directed A Single Man and she weighs a single pound. Please welcome Tom Ford and Sarah-Jessica Parker." Sandy Powell, best costume design "Well ... wow. I already have two of these." Vera Farmiga on George Clooney "He is a humanitarian of the first order. He is an effortless and versatile actor. An intuitive director. And a fantastically, fantastic Mr Foxy Fox." Jeff Bridges, best actor "Thank you mom and dad for turning me on to such a groovy profession." Best actress winner Sandra Bullock on fellow nominee Carey Mulligan "Your grace and your elegance and your beauty and your talent ... make me sick." Kathryn Bigelow, best director "There's no other way to describe it. It's the moment of a lifetime." Steve Martin closing the show "Ladies and gentlemen, the show is so long that Avatar now takes place in the past."