Quotes from Sunday night’s 80th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
“The fight is over. So tonight, welcome to the makeup sex.”—Jon Stewart, on the post-strike Oscars.
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“If we stay the course, we can turn these movies around.”—Jon Stewart, on the plethora of financially unsuccessful Iraq movies.
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“Oscar is 80 this year, which makes him now automatically the front-runner for the Republican (presidential) nomination.”—Jon Stewart.
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“Normally when you see a black man or a woman president, an asteroid is about to hit the Statue of Liberty.”—Jon Stewart.
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“I feel probably like Eli Manning felt at the Super Bowl. Glad to be in the show, ready for anything.”—Viggo Mortensen, nominated for best actor in “Eastern Promises.”
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“Unfortunately, so often the roles are not good enough for the women, but the roles for the men are always wonderful.”—Helen Mirren.
