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Oscar with its glamour, glitz and load of surprises always strands out. And then, there is something special too: the accepted speech. 90 seconds … 90 seconds that you could have to let the whole world know, “Hey, I’m cool too.”

With 41.5 million eyeballs, the biggest Oscar audience in five years, here are some of the best acceptance speech moments that touched people’s heart.

1) “I was a reporter back from Iraq with the idea for a story about these men on the frontlines of an unpopular war,” says screenwriter Mark Boal receiving the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker. “To our amazing cast and crew, and most of all to one extraordinary individual and visionary filmmaker. Kathryn Bigelow, this belongs to you.”

2) “Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down?,” says Sandra Bullock receiving the Oscar for Best Actress. “And Meryl, you know what I think of you and you are such a good kisser.”

3) “A lot of people have said it to me ‘You made me cry.’ And it was only because I cried myself when I watched the movie.” — Michael Giacchino, on his award-winning score for “Up.”

4) “When I was nine and I asked my dad, ‘Can I have your movie camera, that old, wind-up 8-millimeter camera that was in your drawer?’”, says Michael Giacchino receiving the Oscar for Best Original Score for Up. “And he goes, ‘Sure, take it.’ And I took it and I started making movies with it and I started being as creative as I could, and never once in my life did my parents ever say, “What you’re doing is a waste of time.’”

5) “In a world in which most of us are told and tell ourselves that we can’t,” says Elinor Burkett receiving the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject for Music by Prudence. “Liyana, the band behind this film, teaches us that we’re wrong. Against all odds they did, so we can.”

6) “I’m sorry I’m drawing a blank right now, but I thank everyone,” says screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher receiving the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. “I wrote that speech for him,” added host Steve Martin.

7) “Thirteen years ago, the doctors told me I wasn’t going to survive, and I thought that this dream of standing here would never come true,” says Robert Stromberg receiving the Oscar for Best Art Direction for Avatar. “And, here we are. Jim, every day we went to work, we knew we were working with a genius.”

8) “I already have two of these, so I’m feeling greedy,” says designer Sandy Powell in an Edith Head moment while receiving the Oscar for Costume Design for The Young Victoria. “I’d like to dedicate this one to the costume designers that don’t do movies about dead monarchs or glittery musicals. The designers that do the contemporary films and the low-budget ones…but I’m gonna take it home tonight.”

9) “I want to thank the Academy for not considering Na’vi [the language in Avatar] a foreign language, first of all,” says Juan José Campanella receiving the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos). “And for letting us spend three great days in the company of incredible filmmakers.”

10) “Never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third-grade math book would lead to this.” — Pete Docter, accepting the best animated feature film award for “Up.”