Colin Firth
"I'm afraid I have to warn you. I'm experiencing stirrings in the upper abdominals which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves. Joyous as they may be for me, it would be extremely problematic if they make it to my legs before I get offstage."
The Best Actor shoo-in for The King's Speech proved he most certainly has a way with words.
Cate Blanchett
"That's gross."
The Oscar winner's response to clip of The Wolfman that played before she handed out the Best Achievement in Makeup award to the artists who transformed Benicio Del Toro into a wolf for a critically panned film.
James Franco
"Congratulations, nerds."
We'll leave it up to those who were honored with technical awards during a pre-telecast ceremony to comment on the quip made by Anne Hathaway's cohost.
Marion Cotillard
"I'm totally overwhelmed with joy and sparkles and fireworks and everything that goes like 'boom boom boom.' "
Never has someone's difficulty with a second language been more adorable than when Cotillard won Best Actress for La Vie en Rose.
Martin Scorsese
"Could you double check the envelope?"
After years of being passed over for the Best Director award, Martin was humorously skeptical when he finally won in '07 for The Departed.
Gabourey Sidibe
"If fashion was porn this dress is the money shot. And you know it!"
Though she didn't come away with a little golden trophy, Sidibe's fun attitude when talking about her Marchesa gown was one of the most refreshing moments of any Oscar telecast.
Christoph Waltz
"Oscar and Penélope! That's an über bingo!"
True, we usually just say "bingo," when Penélope Cruz has just presented you with a Best Supporting Actor trophy, we'll make an exception.
Melissa Etheridge
"This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom."
The singer-songwriter told everyone, plain and simple, how it's gonna be after she won the award for Best Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth.
Robert Downey Jr.
"Visual effects: They enable us to see aliens, experience other universes, move in slow motion or watch spiders climbing high above the city landscape. For me, just a typical weeknight in the mid '90s."
While presenting with Naomi Watts, RDJ proved no one in Hollywood is better at poking fun at past indescretions.
Ben Stiller
"That means: 'This seemed like a better idea in rehearsal.' "
While presenting the award for Best Makeup, Stiller basically said out loud what the whole room was thinking about his spoof on Avatar's Na'vi people.
Kunio Kato
"Thank you, Academy. Thank you, animation. Thank you, my company, Robot. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. Thank you very much."
When Kato received the Best Animated Short Film trophy for La Maison en Petits Cubes he seized the moment to forever endear himself in the hearts of Styx fans everywhere.
Sandra Bullock
"Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?"
Not only were we shocked when Sandy's name was called, even she couldn't believe it when she won Best Actress for her role in The Blind Side.
Sean Penn
"You commie, homo-loving sons of guns. I did not expect this and I want it to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me often."
That's probably the nicest thing Penn has ever said...ever. See what a little Best Actor love can do for people?