Here are some great quotes and reactions from the winners backstage at the Oscars.  You can view all of them at Variety.

The Coen brothers reprised their lopsided-personality act backstage — Joel spoke comfortably and at length, while Ethan appeared visibly flustered — but both agreed their work on “No Country for Old Men,” as with all their films, was a joint collaboration.

“We’ve always viewed movies the same way … There’s no real division of labor,” Joel said. “It’s a collaborative process from top to bottom.”

Asked about how the long awards season had been treating him, Ethan replied, “Oh boy … eeeh … I try not to think about it, it’s kind of a … oh, ugh … hmm …,” and shrugged.

Javier Bardem

Supporting actor winner Bardem praised his fellow nominees, saying “This is a lottery, it doesn’t mean I’m better than the rest at all. The Spaniard talked about the support he got from his mother, actress Pilar Bardem, during this award season.

“My mother said, ‘I’m going to try to take a plane and get there on time, just make sure somebody gets there to help me through immigration,’ ” said the “No Country for Old Men” actor. “She sat down with me today and said ‘I’m nervous,’ and I said Why? ‘They’re not going to give you anything.’ “

“She knows everything about all this, the ups, the down, the dark, the light. She’s a great companion through all this and she knows that the real success is to get a job.”

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