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Quotes from the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards

June Squibb arrives at the Entertainment Weekly Screen Actors Guild Party at the Chateau Marmont on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell Invision/AP)

Quotes from Saturday night's 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles:

"What I found was tapioca pudding. I would use the tiniest little antique spoon and I would eat it with that so it would last longer. I could make it last an hour." — Matthew McConaughey backstage on his weight-loss plan to play his winning role in "Dallas Buyers Club."

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"I was just talking to June Squibb. She and my mother were in a play at the Cleveland Playhouse in 1957." — Dermot Mulroney, Screen Actors Guild nominee as a cast member of "August: Osage County."

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"I found the voice by working with transgender people. They really showed me the way. They were my mentors and it was through experimentation, trial and error and a lot of education. It was the role of a lifetime, obviously." — Jared Leto backstage after winning supporting actor for his role as a transsexual named Rayon in "Dallas Buyers Club."

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"I am so (expletive) thrilled. I hope the man with the button was there on time." — 82-year-old Rita Moreno upon accepting the SAG Awards lifetime achievement award.

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"I've loved the opportunity to learn about the fashion world and appreciate it as an art form, but I never want it to take over my acting." — Supporting actress winner Lupita Nyong'o backstage about being a fashion icon during awards season.

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"It's about persevering. We'll get there. The door is ajar. I'm saying we have to open that door some more. I don't think it will happen in my lifetime, I mean I'm 82." — Rita Moreno backstage on the struggle of Latinos to raise their profile in Hollywood.

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"I had a lot of fun doing it, but I had to speak Arabic and it's not my first language." — Robert De Niro backstage after sharing in the motion picture cast award for his role in "American Hustle."

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"I hope Australian customs will be kind to me." — Cate Blanchett backstage after winning leading actress honours on how she'll get her SAG and Golden Globe trophies home.

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