HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA-- Women made an impressive showing at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held March 7 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre and televised on the ABC network.

Sandra Bullock, won an Oscar for "Best Actress In A Leading Role" for her portrayal of a Southern woman who adopts an orphaned African-American young man in the inspiring movie, "The Blind Side."

Kathryn Bigelow rewrote Hollywood's history books by snagging the Academy Award for "Best Director" for her critically acclaimed war drama "The Hurt Locker. "Bigelow's win marks the first time in the 82 years of the Academy Awards that a woman film director has won the prized golden statute.

As expected, Mo'Nique's "Precious" journey, culminated with the stand-up comedienne and actress winning her first Oscar for Lee Daniels' controversial movie, "Precious: Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire."

Mo'Nique now joins an elite group of "Best Supporting Actresses." Hattie McDaniel won a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar in 1939 for "Gone with the Wind." Whoopi Goldberg also won the award for "Ghost" (1990) and Jennifer Hudson was presented an Oscar as "Best Supporting Actress" for her role in "Dreamgirls" (2006).

This is the second time Mo'Nique has worked with Daniels. The first was in his 2005 directorial debut film, "Shadowboxer" which starred Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jr.

N2Entertainment.net was on the scene and soaking in all the festivities at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Here's what Sandra Bullock and some of the other night's biggest Oscar winners had to say.

SANDRA BULLOCK ("Best Actress In A Leading Role"--"THE BLIND SIDE")

Q. What does this mean to you and did you sort of think you were the favorite?

A. Are you joking? No. It's as I said up on stage, you know, I questioned did I win it or did I just wear everyone down? It's if you hang in there the longest, you know. I didn't aspire to this. I was in awe of it. I admired it. I got to watch like everyone else did or present, but it wasn't something that I thought would ever present itself for me to rise to that occasion. And I was OK with that and I was very happy working. This came out of left field (every pun intended, sorry). This was the film I said no to. If I thought that this was going to be my golden ticket, you know, it was just such odd circumstances and no one saw coming. And I think that's what makes it so overwhelming and unexpected. I look at the company I keep in this category and you can't pick. There's not one that rises above the others. And I love these women that I got to spend this time with so much for who they are. So I feel like I share it equally in five parts because we ladies need to stick together.

Q. You have both an Oscar and a Razzie. How much are you enjoying the irony of that situation and what are you going to do with both awards?

A. They're going to sit side by side, as they should. You know, we're in the entertainment business. That's what we're supposed to do. You take the good with the not so good. But I had the best time at the Razzies. It is what it is. And it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it's the great equalizer. Nothing ever lets me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees. And I like it that way because it just keeps things stable. So the awards will sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower.

Q Now that you've won an Oscar will you think twice about doing a more commercial film?

A. I want to do everything. I've always been one of those people that I don't like when people tell me I can't do something. Just because I did commercial films doesn't mean I couldn't do wonderful, small art house films. Just because I won as Oscar, I don't want to ever stop doing something that makes people laugh. I don't know what I'm doing next. I sort of wanted this to die down. I'm going to make mistakes and I'm going to make everyone roll their eyes and I'm going to do something that works. I just want to keep working in every genre that I'm allowed to until I'm asked to not do it anymore."

Q. How do you plan to celebrate?

A. Food. I just want a burger and I just want some food. I want to sit down and take the shoes off. We got some friends that are all meeting. I just want to eat and not sweat it and not worry that the dress will bust open. That, and take a nap.

KATHRYN BIGELOW ("Best Director"--"THE HURT LOCKER")

Q. All through the awards season you've been reluctant to call yourself a female director. Now that you have become the first woman to win "Best Director" what is your reaction about that as a woman?

A. Well, first of all, I hope I'm the first of many. And of course, I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker and I'd long for the day that a modifier can be a moot point. But I'm ever grateful if I can inspire some young, intrepid, tenacious male or female filmmaker and have them feel that the impossible is possible and never give up on your dream.

Q. Not only did you win the Oscar, but you won it against your former husband James Cameron. What does that really mean to you?

A. Well, first of all, I think he's an extraordinary filmmaker. I have to say all the nominees are phenomenal, powerful, talented filmmakers and what an honor. And for me, how humbling it was for me to be in that company, in that conversation. So I have to say for me, it's a humbling experience.

Q. Hollywood seems to be making more mature movies. This is the kind of season for that. What are your thoughts on that?

A. This has been a really, really extraordinary year for content and content-driven material that is diverse and rich and complex and exciting. And every one of those ten nominated movies I personally find really powerful and extraordinary. So it's a good year in my opinion.

MO'NIQUE--("Best Actress in A Supporting Role"--"PRECIOUS")

Q. You've often said that you are not an actress, you're a stand up comedienne. Now that you've won an Oscar are things going to change?

A. I am a stand up comedienne who won an Oscar. Oh baby, I did it. Me.

Q. Can you share the story with the audience and the world that you shared with us on the Red Carpet about Hattie McDaniel?

A. The reason why I have on this royal blue dress is because it's the color that Hattie McDaniel wore in 1940 when she accepted her Oscar. The reason why I have this gardenia in my hair, is it's the flower that Hattie McDaniel wore when she accepted her Oscar. So, for you, Ms. Hattie McDaniel, I feel you all over me. And it's about time the world feels you all over them.

Q. You are a very empowering woman. What do you think would happen to Hollywood actresses if they had more "natural" figures and didn't shave their legs?

A. They'd win Oscars. (Lots of laughter).

Q. Can you talk about how it feels for that little girl from Baltimore who was told, "you won't, you will not, and you can't? What does it feel like in this moment?

A. I feel like you can, you will and I did.

Q. How has this role shaped your life?

A. You know what? This role was not so much about my acting career. This role has shaped my life to allow me not to judge and to love unconditionally. Now if that goes into my career, great. But if it doesn't and I am just a dynamic person that I strive to be everyday, I've won, baby.

SANDY POWELL--("Best Costume Design"--"THE YOUNG VICTORIA")

Q. At the costume designers awards you mentioned that you like to work on period pieces because you can bring a lot of your own ideas and creations to the costumes. What were some of your inspirations for "The Young Victoria?"

A. Well, the inspirations were the real thing, the real costumes. I was fortunate enough to actually see some of Victoria's real clothes. They're archived at Kensington Palace, so I got to do that. So I started with that and looking at the portraiture from that period. Then I guess that was the inspiration. I went ahead and designed my versions of things which are hopefully historically accurate.

Q. How surprised have people been to discover that the old, frumpy Queen Victoria that they pictured was this young, sexy woman and you got to design what she wore?

A. I really didn't know anything about Victoria. My image of her was the old, fat, frumpy woman in black. I didn't know that she was actually vibrant and attractive and a real character. She was a real sort of head strong and even tomboyish woman. I'm glad that we were able to portray her as something different.

CHRISTOPH WALTZ ("Best Actor In A Supporting Role"-- "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS")

Q. What has the experience been like being involved in the whole American awards system from the start of this year?

A. Dizzying. It's mind-boggling. It's fantastic, it's very intense. It takes a long time and I couldn't have possibly imagined that it would be like that. It was fantastic. Tomorrow I'm probably sorry that it's over.

Q. What do you know now as an accomplished actor that you wished you knew at the beginning of your career?

A. Everything. When you start, that's what you dream of. And then you don't start for a long time and you get acquainted with reality. So you forget about that and then you get back on with your job. You meet someone like Quentin Tarantino and he brings a lot of what you initially intended to do. That this would be the result, is something I never thought of.

Q. From the time you were hired by Quentin to this point now, did you ever think, man this is really good, I might get an Oscar here?

A. That's two different things. I saw that this (movie) was really good. This I did not see coming, (he holds up his Oscar). Definitely not. I was too busy. It was too much to do. I couldn't think of awards. Also, I would advise every beginning actor to not think of awards before starting the job.

JEFF BRIDGES ("Best Actor In A Leading Role"-- "CRAZY HEART")

Q. What kind of ride has this been for you?

A. Well, you know, ups and downs. What does the Dude say? Strikes and gutters man. That's about it.

Q. What part of Bad Blake do you identify with and will you and Colin Farrell make a country band?

A. The music. That's what I most identified with Bad. I've been writing music, playing music, since I was a kid. Unlike Bad, I have… I didn't think he had great parents. He had four, probably great wives that he got rid of. But I have a strong marriage. Bad didn't have that. There's a lot of stuff he didn't have. But the music, I don't know about forming a country band. Sounds like a good idea.

Q. What are you going to do with this newfound power? Any projects you've been associated with or that you're going to sprinkle this stardust on?

A. Yeah, well, certainly the music. That's going to bloom for me. But there's an upside and a downside to things. The downside is you lose some of your anonymity. For an actor that's kind of tough. But hopefully this award will bring peace and understanding to our world, because really movies are more than entertainment. They are connecting us, you know. And music is the same way. We have a movie about music here, but movies and music are a common link for all of us. And I'm hoping this will kind of raise my profile.

Q. Now that you are the "Best Actor" of the year, what would you say is your personal key for success?

A. The first thing that pops into my head is my wife, my support you know. She holds that kite string. She lets me go way out there, and then it's so sweet being reeled back in. But it's my wife and girls. I guess the girls are the tail of my kite and keep me centered like that.

MARK BOAL ( "Original Screenplay"--"THE HURT LOCKER" )

Q. When you're successful, people take pot shots at you. There's a lawsuit against you, a guy who is claiming you took his story. How do you feel about that?

A. Well, as I've said before, Jack is a brave soldier and the screenplay is a work of fiction and it's not based on any one person's story and that's all I have to say on it.

Q. What prompted you to write this particular screenplay?

A. Let's just say I had an eye-opening experience in Baghdad at the end of 2004. I thought that the story of these guys--who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world--would be an interesting way to look at the war in a broader sense. I'm tremendously humbled by the outcome.

BARNEY BURMAN, MINDY HALL AND JOEL HARLOW--("Best Makeup"--"STAR TREK")

Q. In a night connected with many firsts, you guys are the first people connected with "Star Trek" to ever come home with little gold guys. Can you talk about that in terms of achievement and what it means for the whole galaxy of "Star Trek" fans to sort of be welcomed to the pantheon of the Oscar?

A. MINDY HALL-- Well, I think we have a whole new generation of fans. And that was one of our goals. We wanted our "Star Trek" to appeal to the current fan as well as a new generation, a younger generation. And kind of a younger, hipper "Star Trek," if you will. It's fantastic for the whole franchise.

Q. With some of your prosthetic and tattooing work, what were some of the greatest influences you had with creating what you made?

A. JOEL HARLOW-- I can't really cite any specific influences. It was just sort of you know, the "Star Trek" mythology. In designing the prosthetics for the Romulans and the Vulcans, we wanted to make the Romulans stand out as more animal so we adjusted their brows, the bone on their nose, you know, the ridge of their brows. And then this particular brand of Romulans were tattooed to sort of single themselves out from all other Romulans.

Q. Who was the lucky one who got to work on Chris Pine and how was that?

A. MINDY HALL-- I call Chris C.P. Chris Pine is amazing. He's not only a wonderful actor, he's a wonderful human being and a fantastic collaborator. Our entire cast surrendered themselves to us completely, which frees us up and liberates us so that we paint in much broader, stronger, fiercer strokes. I was all over Chris Pine. (Lots of laughter).

MAURO FIORE ("Best Cinematography"--"AVATAR")

Q. When you look at the way this film was made, different tools and techniques, can you comment on the big picture and where do you see cinematography headed?

A. I think it's a pretty amazing thing for me to be honored in this capacity, especially because this is an HD film and this is the first time that a film has won that has so much computer-generated images and also live action together. So this is a huge revolution for the industry.

Q. How much involvement did you have in making the film?

A. I was involved in the live action part of the film. So any time you see in "Avatar" any of the actors on physical sets, that's my work as cinematographer. And the work that we do, the live action part of the film is a platform for what the computer-generated lighting would be.