Books

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Sofie Laguna: 'Your book, just as you describe the Lyrebird itself, is a keeper of history', When the Lyrebird Calls launch - 2016
Sofie Laguna: 'Your book, just as you describe the Lyrebird itself, is a keeper of history', When the Lyrebird Calls launch - 2016
John Lewis: 'Read my child, read!', National Book Awards - 2016
John Lewis: 'Read my child, read!', National Book Awards - 2016
Andy Griffiths: 'I want the freshness of dreams to be again revealed to me', 'Stella Spark' for Carmel Bird - 2016
Andy Griffiths: 'I want the freshness of dreams to be again revealed to me', 'Stella Spark' for Carmel Bird - 2016
Jane Clifton: 'Here in our very own city of Melbourne, it is the best of times for books', SLV's books and bogans debate - 2009
Jane Clifton: 'Here in our very own city of Melbourne, it is the best of times for books', SLV's books and bogans debate - 2009
Tony Wilson: 'Brendan Fevola has recently become an author', SLV books v bogans debate - 2009
Tony Wilson: 'Brendan Fevola has recently become an author', SLV books v bogans debate - 2009
Andy Griffiths: 'If you order a quantity of 300 you’ll qualify for these two attractive milk carton dumpbins', Opening of Readings' Kids - 2016
Andy Griffiths: 'If you order a quantity of 300 you’ll qualify for these two attractive milk carton dumpbins', Opening of Readings' Kids - 2016
Lionel Shriver: 'You’re not supposed to try on other people’s hats', Brisbane Writers Festival keynote - 2016
Lionel Shriver: 'You’re not supposed to try on other people’s hats', Brisbane Writers Festival keynote - 2016
Richard Flanagan: "Because writing matters", Inaugural Boisbouvier Lecture, Melbourne Writers Festival - 2016
Richard Flanagan: "Because writing matters", Inaugural Boisbouvier Lecture, Melbourne Writers Festival - 2016
Neil Gaiman: 'I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children', The Reading Agency - 2013
Neil Gaiman: 'I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children', The Reading Agency - 2013
Annabel Crabb: 'I resolved that I would launch this book by reading aloud my own letter to Christopher’s children', launch Christopher Pyne's 'A Letter to My Children' - 2015
Annabel Crabb: 'I resolved that I would launch this book by reading aloud my own letter to Christopher’s children', launch Christopher Pyne's 'A Letter to My Children' - 2015
Clare Wright: 'Jemma Musk is a fully embodied character', launch of Fiona Capp's Musk and Byrne - 2008
Clare Wright: 'Jemma Musk is a fully embodied character', launch of Fiona Capp's Musk and Byrne - 2008
Steve Hely: 'I wanted to see wonders', Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - 2016
Steve Hely: 'I wanted to see wonders', Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - 2016
Charlotte Wood: 'In the midst of this gloom we need art more than ever', Stella Prize acceptance - 2016
Charlotte Wood: 'In the midst of this gloom we need art more than ever', Stella Prize acceptance - 2016
Martin Flanagan: 'My father told me that God’s all the good people that’s ever been', The Reason I Write As I Do - 2012
Martin Flanagan: 'My father told me that God’s all the good people that’s ever been', The Reason I Write As I Do - 2012
Richard Flanagan: 'Words, my father told me, were the first beautiful things he ever knew', Prime Minister's Award for fiction - 2014
Richard Flanagan: 'Words, my father told me, were the first beautiful things he ever knew', Prime Minister's Award for fiction - 2014
Elizabeth Gilbert: '‘Ole!’ to you, nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up', Your Elusive Creative Genius TED - 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert: '‘Ole!’ to you, nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up', Your Elusive Creative Genius TED - 2009
Virginia Woolf: 'But words do not live in dictionaries; they live in the mind', On Craftsmanship - 1937
Virginia Woolf: 'But words do not live in dictionaries; they live in the mind', On Craftsmanship - 1937
William Lyon Phelps: 'Literature is the immortal part of history', The Pleasure of Books - 1933
William Lyon Phelps: 'Literature is the immortal part of history', The Pleasure of Books - 1933
Saul Bellow: 'We do not, we writers, represent mankind adequately', Nobel acceptance - 1976
Saul Bellow: 'We do not, we writers, represent mankind adequately', Nobel acceptance - 1976
Bertrand Russell: 'All human activity is prompted by desire', Nobel acceptance - 1950
Bertrand Russell: 'All human activity is prompted by desire', Nobel acceptance - 1950
Anson Cameron: 'If a woman announced herself as a potter and bought a potter’s-wheel she was a trouble-maker', SheppARTon Festival keynote - 2015
Anson Cameron: 'If a woman announced herself as a potter and bought a potter’s-wheel she was a trouble-maker', SheppARTon Festival keynote - 2015
Cath Crowley: 'It isn’t just the pages that are made of silk, the words themselves seem to be', launch of Gabrielle Wang's 'The Wishbird' - 2013
Cath Crowley: 'It isn’t just the pages that are made of silk, the words themselves seem to be', launch of Gabrielle Wang's 'The Wishbird' - 2013
Alicia Sometimes: 'And art is, my friends, wonderful life affirming breasts', Ian Potter debate - 2014
Alicia Sometimes: 'And art is, my friends, wonderful life affirming breasts', Ian Potter debate - 2014
John Steinbeck: 'We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God', Nobel prize acceptance - 1962
John Steinbeck: 'We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God', Nobel prize acceptance - 1962
Ernest Hemingway: 'I have spoken too long for a writer', Nobel acceptance - 1954
Ernest Hemingway: 'I have spoken too long for a writer', Nobel acceptance - 1954
Gabriel García Márquez: 'A New and Sweeping Utopia of Life', Nobel Prize acceptance - 1982
Gabriel García Márquez: 'A New and Sweeping Utopia of Life', Nobel Prize acceptance - 1982
Tony Wilson: 'Each Peach Pear Figs', Ode to CBCA shortlist - 2015
Tony Wilson: 'Each Peach Pear Figs', Ode to CBCA shortlist - 2015
Kim Kane: Launch of 'The Cow Tripped Over the Moon' by Tony Wilson, ill Laura Wood - 2015
Kim Kane: Launch of 'The Cow Tripped Over the Moon' by Tony Wilson, ill Laura Wood - 2015
Anson Cameron & John Harms: 'I'd hoped it wouldn't have it's father's nose, but oh dear', Book Launch for 'The Last Pulse' - 2014
Anson Cameron & John Harms: 'I'd hoped it wouldn't have it's father's nose, but oh dear', Book Launch for 'The Last Pulse' - 2014
Claire Zorn: 'I am a glitch in the system', CBCA Accceptance - 2015
Claire Zorn: 'I am a glitch in the system', CBCA Accceptance - 2015

Music

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Little Richard: 'And the best new artist is .... me', Best New Artist, Grammy Awards - 1988
Little Richard: 'And the best new artist is .... me', Best New Artist, Grammy Awards - 1988
Taylor Swift: 'This town is the school that taught me that', Nashville Songwriter Awards - 2022
Taylor Swift: 'This town is the school that taught me that', Nashville Songwriter Awards - 2022
Colin Hay: 'To the stratosphere and back again', APRA Awards, Ted Albert Award - 2023
Colin Hay: 'To the stratosphere and back again', APRA Awards, Ted Albert Award - 2023
Tim Rogers: 'They could do that big stage thing', On Michael Hutchence and INXS, ABC Arts - 2019
Tim Rogers: 'They could do that big stage thing', On Michael Hutchence and INXS, ABC Arts - 2019
Bruce Springsteen: 'They're keepers of some of the most beautiful sonic architecture in rock and roll', Induction U2 into Rock Hall of Fame - 2005
Bruce Springsteen: 'They're keepers of some of the most beautiful sonic architecture in rock and roll', Induction U2 into Rock Hall of Fame - 2005
T Bone Burnett: 'We are in a battle for the survival of our species', SXSW keynote - 2019
T Bone Burnett: 'We are in a battle for the survival of our species', SXSW keynote - 2019
Lady Gaga; 'So if you see someone who's hurting, don't look away', Grammy acceptance, 'Shallow' -2019
Lady Gaga; 'So if you see someone who's hurting, don't look away', Grammy acceptance, 'Shallow' -2019
Paul Kelly: 'This is where we make our communities', Don't Kill Live Music Rally - 2019
Paul Kelly: 'This is where we make our communities', Don't Kill Live Music Rally - 2019
Leonard Cohen: 'And now I’m going to tell you very briefly a story of how I got my song', Prince of Asturias Awards - 2011
Leonard Cohen: 'And now I’m going to tell you very briefly a story of how I got my song', Prince of Asturias Awards - 2011
Bruce Springsteen: 'Here we lived in the shadow of the steeple', Tony Awards performance - 2018
Bruce Springsteen: 'Here we lived in the shadow of the steeple', Tony Awards performance - 2018
Kanye West: 'Well I want to be Elvis', American Music Awards - 2008
Kanye West: 'Well I want to be Elvis', American Music Awards - 2008
Tom Petty: 'I joined the conspiracy to put black music on the popular white radio', Musicares Person of the Year - 2017
Tom Petty: 'I joined the conspiracy to put black music on the popular white radio', Musicares Person of the Year - 2017
Dave Grohl: 'The musician comes first', SXSW keynote - 2016
Dave Grohl: 'The musician comes first', SXSW keynote - 2016
Joan Baez: 'My voice is my greatest gift'. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - 2017
Joan Baez: 'My voice is my greatest gift'. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - 2017
Brian Eno: 'Singing: the key to a long life', NPR essay - 2008
Brian Eno: 'Singing: the key to a long life', NPR essay - 2008
Bette Midler: 'Shut that crap off!', Best Actress Tony Award - 2017
Bette Midler: 'Shut that crap off!', Best Actress Tony Award - 2017
Tom Morello: - 'Kiss was never a critics’ band, Kiss was a people’s band', Hall of Fame induction - 2014
Tom Morello: - 'Kiss was never a critics’ band, Kiss was a people’s band', Hall of Fame induction - 2014
Jen Cloher: 'Women in Australian music can no longer be erased from history books', One of One's IWD Women in Music Breakfast - 2017
Jen Cloher: 'Women in Australian music can no longer be erased from history books', One of One's IWD Women in Music Breakfast - 2017
Bruce Springsteen: 'We live in a post–authentic world', keynote SXSW - 2012
Bruce Springsteen: 'We live in a post–authentic world', keynote SXSW - 2012
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George Harrison: 'It's what's left I'm afraid,' The Beatles induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1988
George Harrison: 'It's what's left I'm afraid,' The Beatles induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1988
Kasey Chambers: 'Just don't be a dickhead', ARIA Hall of Fame - 2018
Kasey Chambers: 'Just don't be a dickhead', ARIA Hall of Fame - 2018
Rhiannon Giddens: 'By some accounts, half of all string bands at the turn of the century were black',, Community and Connection, IBMA Conference - 2017
Rhiannon Giddens: 'By some accounts, half of all string bands at the turn of the century were black',, Community and Connection, IBMA Conference - 2017
Pink: 'And you, my darling girl, are beautiful', MTV VMAs, Video Vanguard Award - 2017
Pink: 'And you, my darling girl, are beautiful', MTV VMAs, Video Vanguard Award - 2017
Kanye West: 'You need to appreciate every moment', Grammy acceptance - 2005
Kanye West: 'You need to appreciate every moment', Grammy acceptance - 2005
Bob Dylan: 'If a song moves you, that's all that's important', Nobel lecture - 2017
Bob Dylan: 'If a song moves you, that's all that's important', Nobel lecture - 2017
Bruce Springsteen: 'You can't triumph without music', Musicares Person of the Year - 2013
Bruce Springsteen: 'You can't triumph without music', Musicares Person of the Year - 2013
David Letterman: 'It turned out that these guys in Pearl Jam were something more than a band', for Pearl Jam, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 2017
David Letterman: 'It turned out that these guys in Pearl Jam were something more than a band', for Pearl Jam, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 2017
Tyler Joseph: 'If we ever win a Grammy, we should receive it just like this', twenty one pilots acceptance, Grammys - 2017
Tyler Joseph: 'If we ever win a Grammy, we should receive it just like this', twenty one pilots acceptance, Grammys - 2017
Geroge Michael: 'I'm incredibly, incredibly fortunate to be here', speech on leaving hospital - 2011
Geroge Michael: 'I'm incredibly, incredibly fortunate to be here', speech on leaving hospital - 2011
Madonna: There are no rules - if you're a boy', Billboard Woman of the Year - 2016
Madonna: There are no rules - if you're a boy', Billboard Woman of the Year - 2016
Bob Dylan (via proxy Azita Raji): 'Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature?"', Nobel prize acceptance - 2016
Bob Dylan (via proxy Azita Raji): 'Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature?"', Nobel prize acceptance - 2016
T -Bone Burnett: 'The mask has become the face', Americana Music Festival and Conference - 2016
T -Bone Burnett: 'The mask has become the face', Americana Music Festival and Conference - 2016
Bruce Springsteen: 'We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another', E-Street Band Hall of Fame - 2014
Bruce Springsteen: 'We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another', E-Street Band Hall of Fame - 2014
Steve Miller: 'No we’re not going to wrap this one up. I’m gonna wrap you up', Rock and Roll Hall of Fame press room - 2016
Steve Miller: 'No we’re not going to wrap this one up. I’m gonna wrap you up', Rock and Roll Hall of Fame press room - 2016
Mike Love (The Beach Boys): "Now a lot of people are going to come out of this room tonight and say, 'Mike Love is crazy!'", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - 1988
Mike Love (The Beach Boys): "Now a lot of people are going to come out of this room tonight and say, 'Mike Love is crazy!'", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - 1988
Stephen Page: Lifetime Achievement Award, NAIDOC - 2016
Stephen Page: Lifetime Achievement Award, NAIDOC - 2016
Tyler Joseph: 'There's a point. Music can do something to you', The Point - 2013
Tyler Joseph: 'There's a point. Music can do something to you', The Point - 2013
Bob Dylan: 'You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face', Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie - 1963
Bob Dylan: 'You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face', Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie - 1963
Kid Rock: 'They were exactly what we needed, a garage band in sheep's clothing', for Cheap Trick - 2016
Kid Rock: 'They were exactly what we needed, a garage band in sheep's clothing', for Cheap Trick - 2016
Iggy Pop: 'I thought it might be okay to talk about free music in a Capitalist society', BBC John Peel lecture - 2014
Iggy Pop: 'I thought it might be okay to talk about free music in a Capitalist society', BBC John Peel lecture - 2014
Don Walker for Cold Chisel: 'There are four of us in the band up here, and there should be five' APRA Ted Albert award - 2016
Don Walker for Cold Chisel: 'There are four of us in the band up here, and there should be five' APRA Ted Albert award - 2016
Bob Dylan: 'You can boo but booing's got nothing to do with it', Bill of Rights dinner - 1963
Bob Dylan: 'You can boo but booing's got nothing to do with it', Bill of Rights dinner - 1963
Tom Waits: 'Songs are really just interesting things to be doing with the air', Rock and roll Hall of Fame induction - 2011
Tom Waits: 'Songs are really just interesting things to be doing with the air', Rock and roll Hall of Fame induction - 2011
Bob Dylan: 'it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you', Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award - 1991
Bob Dylan: 'it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you', Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award - 1991
Steve Kilbey: 'It put me off awards until tonight -- this is the first award ceremony I've been at', ARIA Hall of Fame - 2010
Steve Kilbey: 'It put me off awards until tonight -- this is the first award ceremony I've been at', ARIA Hall of Fame - 2010
Brian Eno: 'Children learn through play, but adults play through art', BBC John Peel lecture - 2015
Brian Eno: 'Children learn through play, but adults play through art', BBC John Peel lecture - 2015
Elvis Presley: 'These Men With Broken Hearts' - 1970
Elvis Presley: 'These Men With Broken Hearts' - 1970
Kanye West: 'I will die for the art!' VMA Vanguard speech
Kanye West: 'I will die for the art!' VMA Vanguard speech
Bob Dylan: 'Critics say I can't carry a tune and I talk my way through a song. Really?', MusiCares Person of the Year - 2015
Bob Dylan: 'Critics say I can't carry a tune and I talk my way through a song. Really?', MusiCares Person of the Year - 2015

Film & TV

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Sean Connery: 'Life is good, but isn't the third act shit?', AFI Lifetime Acheivement - 2006
Sean Connery: 'Life is good, but isn't the third act shit?', AFI Lifetime Acheivement - 2006
Brendan Fraser: 'Where were you for Furry Vengeance?', The Whale, Critics Choice Awards - 2023
Brendan Fraser: 'Where were you for Furry Vengeance?', The Whale, Critics Choice Awards - 2023
Siobhán McSweeney: 'It's time they started to wise up!' BAFTA acceptance - 2023
Siobhán McSweeney: 'It's time they started to wise up!' BAFTA acceptance - 2023
Joan Bakewell: 'it all began with Charlotte Bronte', BAFTA acceptance speech - 2019
Joan Bakewell: 'it all began with Charlotte Bronte', BAFTA acceptance speech - 2019
Jim Carrey: 'Because then I'll be enough', Golden Globes award introduction - 2016
Jim Carrey: 'Because then I'll be enough', Golden Globes award introduction - 2016
Bill Murray: 'Maybe I'll float for a while', On suicide and The Song of the Lark - 2014
Bill Murray: 'Maybe I'll float for a while', On suicide and The Song of the Lark - 2014
Yuh-Juong Youn: 'I'm luckier than you!', Academy Award acceptance - 2021
Yuh-Juong Youn: 'I'm luckier than you!', Academy Award acceptance - 2021
Jacqueline Bisset: 'Scottish background to the front', Golden Globe Awards - 2014
Jacqueline Bisset: 'Scottish background to the front', Golden Globe Awards - 2014
Greg Davies: 'I can't tell you how much I resent being here', Special BAFTA TV Craft Award for Emma Thomas - 2019
Greg Davies: 'I can't tell you how much I resent being here', Special BAFTA TV Craft Award for Emma Thomas - 2019
Sharon Stone: "We have every right to be powerful in whatever form of sexuality we choose to have", GQ Woman of the Year: 2019
Sharon Stone: "We have every right to be powerful in whatever form of sexuality we choose to have", GQ Woman of the Year: 2019
Adam Elliot: 'We'd like to congratulate everyone in Australia who have helped "Harvie" come to life', Academy Awards - 2004
Adam Elliot: 'We'd like to congratulate everyone in Australia who have helped "Harvie" come to life', Academy Awards - 2004
Ricky Gervais: 'Accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f*ck off,' Golden Globes opening monologue - 2020
Ricky Gervais: 'Accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f*ck off,' Golden Globes opening monologue - 2020
Joaquin Phoenix: 'I have been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish', Oscars acceptance - 2020
Joaquin Phoenix: 'I have been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish', Oscars acceptance - 2020
Leigh Whannell: 'Let me tell you how a slasher film works generally ... with the famous graph!', 1998
Leigh Whannell: 'Let me tell you how a slasher film works generally ... with the famous graph!', 1998
Joaquin Phoenix: 'We have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism', BAFTA acceptance - 2020
Joaquin Phoenix: 'We have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism', BAFTA acceptance - 2020
Alex Borstein: 'Step out of line, ladies. Step out of line', Emmy Best Supporting Actor - 2019
Alex Borstein: 'Step out of line, ladies. Step out of line', Emmy Best Supporting Actor - 2019
Dylan Alcott: 'There's a ramp out the back baby!' Logies Awards - 2019
Dylan Alcott: 'There's a ramp out the back baby!' Logies Awards - 2019
Gal Gadot: ' I want to share this award with all the women and men who stand for what's right', #SeeHer Critics Choice Award - 2018
Gal Gadot: ' I want to share this award with all the women and men who stand for what's right', #SeeHer Critics Choice Award - 2018
Millie Bobby Brown: 'If you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say it', MTV Awards - 2018
Millie Bobby Brown: 'If you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say it', MTV Awards - 2018
Andrew Garfield: 'For the right to live and love as we are created to', Tony Awards - 2018
Andrew Garfield: 'For the right to live and love as we are created to', Tony Awards - 2018
Frances McDormand : 'Look around you, because we all have stories to tell', Best Actress, Academy Awards - 2018
Frances McDormand : 'Look around you, because we all have stories to tell', Best Actress, Academy Awards - 2018
Elaine May: 'I'm going to win this guy's Tony', Best Leading Actress, Tony Awards - 2019
Elaine May: 'I'm going to win this guy's Tony', Best Leading Actress, Tony Awards - 2019
Stanley Donen: 'In musicals, that's when we do a song', Academy Award Life Achievement - 1997
Stanley Donen: 'In musicals, that's when we do a song', Academy Award Life Achievement - 1997
Olivia Colman: 'Done that bit. I think I have done that bit', BAFTA acceptance, Leading Actress - 2019
Olivia Colman: 'Done that bit. I think I have done that bit', BAFTA acceptance, Leading Actress - 2019
Anna Paquin: 'i'd like to thank Jane, Jan and Holly', Academy Award acceptance - 1994
Anna Paquin: 'i'd like to thank Jane, Jan and Holly', Academy Award acceptance - 1994
Spike Lee: 'Let's all mobilise, let's all be on right side of history', Academy Award acceptance - 2019
Spike Lee: 'Let's all mobilise, let's all be on right side of history', Academy Award acceptance - 2019
Glenn Close: 'We have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams', Golden Globes - 2019
Glenn Close: 'We have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams', Golden Globes - 2019
Jeff Bridges: ' All of us are trim tabs', Cecil B. DeMille award, Golden Globes - 2019
Jeff Bridges: ' All of us are trim tabs', Cecil B. DeMille award, Golden Globes - 2019
Betty White: 'First lady, yes, she's that old, she was the first one, way, way back’ Emmys - 2018
Betty White: 'First lady, yes, she's that old, she was the first one, way, way back’ Emmys - 2018
Wesley Enoch: 'Smell the air', Nick Enright Keynote, National Play Festival - 2018
Wesley Enoch: 'Smell the air', Nick Enright Keynote, National Play Festival - 2018
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Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson & Robin Williams: 'It's pretty much been a Buddhist evening for me', Critics Choice - 2003
Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson & Robin Williams: 'It's pretty much been a Buddhist evening for me', Critics Choice - 2003
Kevin Smith: 'Prince has been living in Prince World for quite some time now,' An Evening With Kevin Smith - 2013
Kevin Smith: 'Prince has been living in Prince World for quite some time now,' An Evening With Kevin Smith - 2013
Meryl Streep: 'I could hear half of America going “oh no…oh c’mon…why…her…again?', Oscars acceptance - 2012
Meryl Streep: 'I could hear half of America going “oh no…oh c’mon…why…her…again?', Oscars acceptance - 2012
Jane Fonda: 'I'm signing part of what I'm saying tonight', Oscars acceptance - 1979
Jane Fonda: 'I'm signing part of what I'm saying tonight', Oscars acceptance - 1979
Jack Palance: Like for instance, you know, you go out there, you do these one-arm push-ups', Oscars acceptance - 1992
Jack Palance: Like for instance, you know, you go out there, you do these one-arm push-ups', Oscars acceptance - 1992
Vanessa Redgrave: 'You have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums' Oscar acceptance - 1978
Vanessa Redgrave: 'You have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums' Oscar acceptance - 1978
Roberto Benigni: 'Thank you! Thank you! This is a moment of joy and I want to kiss everybody!' - 1999
Roberto Benigni: 'Thank you! Thank you! This is a moment of joy and I want to kiss everybody!' - 1999
Shirley MacLaine: 'I'm gonna cry because this show has been as long as my career', Oscar acceptance - 1984
Shirley MacLaine: 'I'm gonna cry because this show has been as long as my career', Oscar acceptance - 1984
Jim Carrey : 'Would it kill you once in a while to play a little Foghat!' MTV Movie Awards Best actor acceptance - 1999
Jim Carrey : 'Would it kill you once in a while to play a little Foghat!' MTV Movie Awards Best actor acceptance - 1999
Lucille Ball: 'For all of you who said such really wonderful things about me, I just wish you were all under oath'Variety Club International TV special - 1984
Lucille Ball: 'For all of you who said such really wonderful things about me, I just wish you were all under oath'Variety Club International TV special - 1984
Julie Andrews: 'My thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and made all this possible in the first place', Golden Globes - 1964
Julie Andrews: 'My thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and made all this possible in the first place', Golden Globes - 1964
Trey Parker and Matt Stone: 'This happened, and then this happened, and then this happens -- that’s not a movie, that’s not a story', NYU writing seminar - 2014
Trey Parker and Matt Stone: 'This happened, and then this happened, and then this happens -- that’s not a movie, that’s not a story', NYU writing seminar - 2014
Michael Moore: 'Any time you’ve got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up' Academy Award acceptance - 2003
Michael Moore: 'Any time you’ve got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up' Academy Award acceptance - 2003
Halle Berry: 'And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened', Academy Award acceptance - 2002
Halle Berry: 'And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened', Academy Award acceptance - 2002
Bert Schneider: 'I will now read a short wire that I have been asked to read by the Vietnamese people', Hearts and Minds aceptance - 1975
Bert Schneider: 'I will now read a short wire that I have been asked to read by the Vietnamese people', Hearts and Minds aceptance - 1975
Steve Martin: 'There’s only one thing that could have made tonight more special to me', Tribute to Frank Capra, AFI Life Achievement - 1982
Steve Martin: 'There’s only one thing that could have made tonight more special to me', Tribute to Frank Capra, AFI Life Achievement - 1982
Steve Martin: 'As I watched Jack walk away, something occurred to me that may have changed his life forever''. Tribute to Jack Lemmon, AFI Life Achievement - 1988
Steve Martin: 'As I watched Jack walk away, something occurred to me that may have changed his life forever''. Tribute to Jack Lemmon, AFI Life Achievement - 1988
Paul Hogan: 'G'day peers', Etiquette for accepting an award, Academy Awards - 1987
Paul Hogan: 'G'day peers', Etiquette for accepting an award, Academy Awards - 1987
Richard Pryor: 'I am here tonight. To explain why black people. Will never be nominated for anything' Oscars host monologue - 1977
Richard Pryor: 'I am here tonight. To explain why black people. Will never be nominated for anything' Oscars host monologue - 1977
Steve Martin: 'I said, "Leave the lamppost"' Tribute to Gene Kelly, AFI Life Achievement Award - 1985
Steve Martin: 'I said, "Leave the lamppost"' Tribute to Gene Kelly, AFI Life Achievement Award - 1985
Cuba Gooding Jr.: 'I love you ... everybody!', Oscars Acceptance speech - 1997
Cuba Gooding Jr.: 'I love you ... everybody!', Oscars Acceptance speech - 1997
Jacob Tremblay: 'I know where to put this. Right there on the shelf beside my Millennium Falcon' Best Young Performer, Critics Choice Award - 2016
Jacob Tremblay: 'I know where to put this. Right there on the shelf beside my Millennium Falcon' Best Young Performer, Critics Choice Award - 2016
Marlon Brando (read by Sacheen Littlefeather): 'He has asked me to tell you ... that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award' Academy awards - 1973
Marlon Brando (read by Sacheen Littlefeather): 'He has asked me to tell you ... that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award' Academy awards - 1973
Jeff Douglas: 'My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!!!!', Molson beer commercial - 2000
Jeff Douglas: 'My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!!!!', Molson beer commercial - 2000
Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald): 'it's not just you up there on the screen, there are many other people behind the scenes that you have to carry as well', Logies - 1976
Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald): 'it's not just you up there on the screen, there are many other people behind the scenes that you have to carry as well', Logies - 1976
Sacha Baron Cohen: 'Kenneth, if it was not for that rancid bubble, I would not be here today', Golden Globes - 2007
Sacha Baron Cohen: 'Kenneth, if it was not for that rancid bubble, I would not be here today', Golden Globes - 2007
Robert Downey Jnr: 'They needed me! Avatar was going to take us to the cleaners!', Golden Globes - 2010
Robert Downey Jnr: 'They needed me! Avatar was going to take us to the cleaners!', Golden Globes - 2010
Russell Brand: 'Best TV Performer in a non-acting role ... on Wednesdays', Broadcasting Press Guild Awards - 2007
Russell Brand: 'Best TV Performer in a non-acting role ... on Wednesdays', Broadcasting Press Guild Awards - 2007
Melissa McCarthy: 'Holy smokes!' Emmy awards - 2011
Melissa McCarthy: 'Holy smokes!' Emmy awards - 2011
Steve Carell: 'I didn't write anything. However, my wife did and handed me something. Um... ', Best Actor, Golden Globes - 2006
Steve Carell: 'I didn't write anything. However, my wife did and handed me something. Um... ', Best Actor, Golden Globes - 2006
Featured
Laverne Cox: 'When a trans woman is called a man, that is an act of violence.', National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Creating Change - 2014
Laverne Cox: 'When a trans woman is called a man, that is an act of violence.', National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Creating Change - 2014
Patton Oswalt: 'So nice to be here amongst the least worst people in Hollywood', Opening monologue, WGA West Awards - 2018
Patton Oswalt: 'So nice to be here amongst the least worst people in Hollywood', Opening monologue, WGA West Awards - 2018
Groucho Marx: 'I want to thank those who voted for me to get this award', Honourary Oscar - 1974
Groucho Marx: 'I want to thank those who voted for me to get this award', Honourary Oscar - 1974
Charlie Chaplin: 'This is an emotional moment for me', Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy Awards - 1972
Charlie Chaplin: 'This is an emotional moment for me', Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy Awards - 1972
Lupita Nyong'o: 'I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching', Best Supporting Actor Oscar - 2014
Lupita Nyong'o: 'I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching', Best Supporting Actor Oscar - 2014
Matthew McConaughey: 'That keeps me with someone to keep on chasing', Best Actor Oscar - 2014
Matthew McConaughey: 'That keeps me with someone to keep on chasing', Best Actor Oscar - 2014
Tom Hanks: 'The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels', Academy Award - 1995
Tom Hanks: 'The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels', Academy Award - 1995
David Harbour: 'We will repel bullies, we will shelter freaks and outcasts', Stranger Things, Screen Actors Guild - 2017
David Harbour: 'We will repel bullies, we will shelter freaks and outcasts', Stranger Things, Screen Actors Guild - 2017
Pawel Pawlikowski: 'I would like to dedicate it to my late wife', Oscars Acceptance - 2015
Pawel Pawlikowski: 'I would like to dedicate it to my late wife', Oscars Acceptance - 2015
Matthew McConaughey: 'There are three things that I need each day', Oscars acceptance - 2014
Matthew McConaughey: 'There are three things that I need each day', Oscars acceptance - 2014
Oliver Stone: 'You don't have to fit in', Writers Guild of America - 2017
Oliver Stone: 'You don't have to fit in', Writers Guild of America - 2017
Larry David: "I not only hate writing the shows, I hate all kinds of writing", WGA Awards, Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award - 2011
Larry David: "I not only hate writing the shows, I hate all kinds of writing", WGA Awards, Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award - 2011
Larry David: 'I never knew a person could be that funny', AFI Tribute to Mel Brooks - 2013
Larry David: 'I never knew a person could be that funny', AFI Tribute to Mel Brooks - 2013
Mel Brooks: - 'Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump!', Oscars acceptance 'The Producers' - 1969
Mel Brooks: - 'Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump!', Oscars acceptance 'The Producers' - 1969
Patty Duke - 'But the best words I ever learned, were hello, enthusiasm and thank you', Emmy Award acceptance - 1970
Patty Duke - 'But the best words I ever learned, were hello, enthusiasm and thank you', Emmy Award acceptance - 1970
Jeff Bridges: 'Good afternoon, my sweet prince', John Goodman's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony - 2017
Jeff Bridges: 'Good afternoon, my sweet prince', John Goodman's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony - 2017
Denzel Washington: 'Without commitment, you’ll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you’ll never finish', NAACP Image Awards - 2017
Denzel Washington: 'Without commitment, you’ll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you’ll never finish', NAACP Image Awards - 2017
Elaine May: 'Not only is Mike a brilliant director, he's also, really, Albert Einstein's cousin', salute to Mike Nichols, AFI Lifetime Achievement - 2010
Elaine May: 'Not only is Mike a brilliant director, he's also, really, Albert Einstein's cousin', salute to Mike Nichols, AFI Lifetime Achievement - 2010
Meryl Streep, 'When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose', Golden Globes - 2017
Meryl Streep, 'When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose', Golden Globes - 2017
Carrie Fisher: 'But like any abused child wearing a metal bikini, chained to a giant slug about to die, I keep coming back for more', AFI Roast of George Lucas - 2005
Carrie Fisher: 'But like any abused child wearing a metal bikini, chained to a giant slug about to die, I keep coming back for more', AFI Roast of George Lucas - 2005
Brandon Victor Dixon: 'We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us', 'Hamilton' curtain-call speech to VP-elect Mike Pence - 2016
Brandon Victor Dixon: 'We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us', 'Hamilton' curtain-call speech to VP-elect Mike Pence - 2016
Jack Nicholson: 'As you people can see I’ve been institutionalized here in Oregon',BAFTA acceptance from set of 'Cuckoos Nest' - 1975
Jack Nicholson: 'As you people can see I’ve been institutionalized here in Oregon',BAFTA acceptance from set of 'Cuckoos Nest' - 1975
Kate Mulvany: 'A bed can become a train. A drip can become a giraffe', Philip Parsons lecture - 2016
Kate Mulvany: 'A bed can become a train. A drip can become a giraffe', Philip Parsons lecture - 2016
Noni HSazelhurst: 'I would sometimes start to cry, and they would start a slow handclap and say "oh, BAFTA"', Logies Hall of Fame - 2016
Noni HSazelhurst: 'I would sometimes start to cry, and they would start a slow handclap and say "oh, BAFTA"', Logies Hall of Fame - 2016
Waleed Aly: 'I was more likely to win an AFL grand final in my mind than to win a Logie', Gold Logie acceptance - 2016
Waleed Aly: 'I was more likely to win an AFL grand final in my mind than to win a Logie', Gold Logie acceptance - 2016
Melissa McCarthy: 'I might be the first woman to receive this award, but I am certainly not the first one to deserve it', MTV Comedic Genius Award - 2016
Melissa McCarthy: 'I might be the first woman to receive this award, but I am certainly not the first one to deserve it', MTV Comedic Genius Award - 2016
Tracy Morgan: 'Only recently have I started to feel like myself again, which means a whole lot of y’all women gonna get pregnant at the after-party' - Emmys 2015
Tracy Morgan: 'Only recently have I started to feel like myself again, which means a whole lot of y’all women gonna get pregnant at the after-party' - Emmys 2015
Charlie Kaufman: 'Thanks to the Academy ... 29 seconds ... 27 seconds ... that‘s really intimidating' - Oscar acceptance, 2005
Charlie Kaufman: 'Thanks to the Academy ... 29 seconds ... 27 seconds ... that‘s really intimidating' - Oscar acceptance, 2005
Fred Rogers: 'Ten Seconds of Silence', Lifetime Achievement Award - Emmys 1997
Fred Rogers: 'Ten Seconds of Silence', Lifetime Achievement Award - Emmys 1997

Comedy

Featured
Pete Davidson: 'But sometimes comedy is really the only way forward through tragedy', Saturday Night Live, Cold Open post Gaza attacks - 2023
Pete Davidson: 'But sometimes comedy is really the only way forward through tragedy', Saturday Night Live, Cold Open post Gaza attacks - 2023
Sammy J: 'An actual life here on Earth beats a fictional life on Mars', 29th Annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival debate - 2018
Sammy J: 'An actual life here on Earth beats a fictional life on Mars', 29th Annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival debate - 2018
John Cleese: 'Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating', Video Arts - 1991
John Cleese: 'Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating', Video Arts - 1991
Joel Creasey: 'My first date Harry Styles cancelled tonight', GQ Comedian of the Year - 2018
Joel Creasey: 'My first date Harry Styles cancelled tonight', GQ Comedian of the Year - 2018
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 'The really ridiculous thing is that I am just as good at drama', Mark Twain Award - 2018
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 'The really ridiculous thing is that I am just as good at drama', Mark Twain Award - 2018
Hannah Gadsby: 'This is not normal', Emmy Awards - 2018
Hannah Gadsby: 'This is not normal', Emmy Awards - 2018
Jerry Seinfeld: 'I love advertisting, because I love lying', Clio award acceptance - 2014
Jerry Seinfeld: 'I love advertisting, because I love lying', Clio award acceptance - 2014
Will Ferrell: 'I decided to accept this award because of the prize money', Mark Twain acceptance - 2011
Will Ferrell: 'I decided to accept this award because of the prize money', Mark Twain acceptance - 2011
Stephen Colbert: Response to Trump's Address to Congress - 2017
Stephen Colbert: Response to Trump's Address to Congress - 2017
Jerry Seinfeld: 'All award shows are stupid,' HBO Comedian Award - 2007
Jerry Seinfeld: 'All award shows are stupid,' HBO Comedian Award - 2007
Barack Obama: 'Ellen has a way of making us laugh about some thing rather than at someone', for Ellen de Generes, Presidential Medal of Freedom - 2016
Barack Obama: 'Ellen has a way of making us laugh about some thing rather than at someone', for Ellen de Generes, Presidential Medal of Freedom - 2016
Betty White: 'We all know Shatner's nuts', Comedy Central roast of William Shatner - 2010
Betty White: 'We all know Shatner's nuts', Comedy Central roast of William Shatner - 2010
Groucho Marx: 'He’s a complete stranger, and not even a close one at that', Friars Club Roast - 1968
Groucho Marx: 'He’s a complete stranger, and not even a close one at that', Friars Club Roast - 1968
Phyllis Diller: 'Nothing is impossible if you don't know you can't do it', 92Y Talks - 1992
Phyllis Diller: 'Nothing is impossible if you don't know you can't do it', 92Y Talks - 1992
Russell Brand: 'And the Nazis did have flaws, but they did look fucking fantastic, let’s face it'GQ Men of the Year - 2013
Russell Brand: 'And the Nazis did have flaws, but they did look fucking fantastic, let’s face it'GQ Men of the Year - 2013
Justin Heazlewood (The Bedroom Philosopher): 'Painter John Brack has asked 40 Melbournians to stand pefectly still during busy peak hour', response to 'Collins St, 5pm' - 2015
Justin Heazlewood (The Bedroom Philosopher): 'Painter John Brack has asked 40 Melbournians to stand pefectly still during busy peak hour', response to 'Collins St, 5pm' - 2015
Justin Heazlewood (The Bedroom Philosopher): 'University: discuss', HERDSA Conference - 2015
Justin Heazlewood (The Bedroom Philosopher): 'University: discuss', HERDSA Conference - 2015
George Carlin: 'I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium', Mark Twain award acceptance - 2011
George Carlin: 'I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium', Mark Twain award acceptance - 2011
Ben Pobjie: 'Shock is a huge and fundamental part of what makes comedy work', In Defence of Offence, Wheeler Centre - 2011
Ben Pobjie: 'Shock is a huge and fundamental part of what makes comedy work', In Defence of Offence, Wheeler Centre - 2011
Norman Gunston: 'Is this an affront to the Constitution of this country?', Parliament House - 1975
Norman Gunston: 'Is this an affront to the Constitution of this country?', Parliament House - 1975
Lenny Henry: 'I could only have got here by standing on the shoulders of giants', MOBO Awards - 2015
Lenny Henry: 'I could only have got here by standing on the shoulders of giants', MOBO Awards - 2015
Spike Milligan: 'The little grovelling bastard', Briitsh Comedy Awards - 1994
Spike Milligan: 'The little grovelling bastard', Briitsh Comedy Awards - 1994
Patton Oswalt: 'This was kinda a rough year, for a lot of reasons, but I had pretty much given up doing standup', Cringe Humor Best Comedy Album - 2007
Patton Oswalt: 'This was kinda a rough year, for a lot of reasons, but I had pretty much given up doing standup', Cringe Humor Best Comedy Album - 2007
Tina Fey: 'Only in comedy is an obedient white girl from the suburbs a diversity candidate', Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award - 2010
Tina Fey: 'Only in comedy is an obedient white girl from the suburbs a diversity candidate', Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award - 2010
Will Ferrell: 'When I do too much coke I cry', GQ Comedian of the Year Award, 2015
Will Ferrell: 'When I do too much coke I cry', GQ Comedian of the Year Award, 2015
Barry Humphries: 'Through the thin end of an asparagus roll', National Press Club - 1978
Barry Humphries: 'Through the thin end of an asparagus roll', National Press Club - 1978
Tony Martin: 'City of Bongs, and Football, and Scratchy Tickets', State Library of Victoria debate - 2009
Tony Martin: 'City of Bongs, and Football, and Scratchy Tickets', State Library of Victoria debate - 2009

Readings and spoken word

Fine art