Neil, Patricia and Reese at the Oscars (Image courtesy: AFP)
From Neil Patrick Harris' opening zinger to Patricia Arquette on equality, here are 10 memorable quotes from the Oscars this year.
"Tonight we honour Hollywood's best and whitest, I mean brightest" -- Neil Patrick Harris referring to the near-absence of Selma at this year's 'all-white' Oscars.
"Call your mom, call your dad, if you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them," - Best Supporting Actor winner JK Simmons' shout-out to parenthood.
"To every woman, we fought for everybody else's equal rights. It's our time to have wage equality once and for all" - Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette on the gender imbalance in showbiz salaries.
"We're more than just our dresses. It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry" - Best Actress nominee Reese Witherspooon on red carpet sexism.
"I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along." - Graham Moore, winner of Best Adapted Screenplay for
The Imitation Game"Recently, John and I got to go to Selma and perform it on the same bridge that Martin Luther King walked over. Once a landmark of a divided nation, the spirit of this bridge now for all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or social status. This bridge was built on hope and welded with compassion." - Common, joint winner of Best Original Song with John Legend on the legacy that
Selma explored.
"Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck." - Neil Patrick Harris on the 'Adele Dazeem' fumble.
"I can't believe 50 years have gone by since that film was released. I blinked and suddenly here I am. We all really felt blessed and as for me; how lucky can a girl get." - Julie Andrews on 50 years of
The Sound Of Music"I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the Academy because my husband is younger than me." - Best Actress winner Julianne Moore
"Maybe next year the government might impose some immigration rules on the academy. Two Mexicans in a row is suspicious." -
Birdman's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on being the second Mexican to win Best Director after Alfonso Cuaron won for
Gravity last year.