Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much.
-- Michael Moore upon winning his Academy Award for Bowling for Columbine.
And the Oscar goes to Roman Polanski for The Pianist. -- Harrison Ford announcing the Best Director Oscar winner.
This is, you know, it fills me with great joy, but I am also filled with a lot of sadness tonight because I am accepting an award at such a strange time. And you know my experiences of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at times of war. And the repercussions of war. And whatever you believe in, if it's God or Allah, may he watch over you and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution. Thank you. -- from Adrian Brody's acceptance speech as Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Pianist.
Michael Douglas: You're supposed to say, "And the Oscar goes to..."
Kurt Douglas: And the winner is...
Russell Crowe said, "Don't cry if you get up there." And now I'm crying. Sorry. -- Nicole Kidman upon winning her Academy Award for Best Leading Actress.
Well, we're at the halfway point. -- Oscar host Steve Martin to close out the 75th Academy Awards.
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