Giddy glee of Globe nominees
2006-12-15 08:15
Los Angeles - The nominees for the upcoming 64th annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced on Thursday. Here are some reactions of those who received nominations:
"I have been trying to let Borat know this great news but for the last 4 hours both of Kazakhstan's telephones have been engaged. Eventually, Premier Nazarbayev answered and said he would pass on the message as soon as Borat returned from Iran, where he is guest of honour at the Holocaust Denial Conference." - Best actor, comedy or musical, nominee Sacha Baron Cohen, who stars in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, which was also nominated for best picture, comedy or musical.
"This is my first time ever acting, other than working on a cruise ship." - Jennifer Hudson, supporting actress for Dreamgirls.
"This is a recognition for Muslims, for Catholics, for Jewish, for Germans, Italians, Mexicans, Americans. So many people were involved that it's a United Nations celebration." - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director of Babel, which earned a leading seven nominations, including director and picture.
"At first I thought something was wrong?My mom called and she was crying." - Katherine Heigl on getting the early-morning news that she was nominated for supporting TV actress for Grey's Anatomy.
"What a great wake-up call. I couldn't be more honoured. This film has been an extraordinary experience for me and my family and having the opportunity to work alongside my son Jaden was one of the great joys of my life." - Will Smith, dramatic actor for The Pursuit of Happyness.
"I've got to call my mom." - Forest Whitaker, who plays dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
"My husband and I cried and kissed, cried and kissed, cried and kissed, so I feel like I already celebrated." - Supporting actress Adriana Barraza for Babel.
"I'm just going to sit and bask in people's envy." - Justin Kirk, on how he plans to celebrate his supporting-actor nomination for Weeds.
"I'm in New York getting ready to take a vacation to Ireland, so it'll be nice to literally fly, because I'm already kind of flying." - Michael C. Hall, dramatic TV actor for Dexter.
"I really don't know how to tell you how grateful I am, with a baby coming, a new husband and now a Golden Globe nomination. I'm very blessed." - Marcia Cross, actress, comedy or musical, for TV's Desperate Housewives.
"I will probably toast my writing staff with Diet Coke and we'll spend about 10 minutes talking about it and then we'll just jump back into work. You only get a couple seconds to enjoy the showbiz glow of it all before you have to get back to what they're paying you for." - Desperate Housewives creator Mark Cherry.
"She's really flawed, she's troubled, and that's how people are. People are troubled and we do our best to love them anyway. Watching a movie about someone like Sherry in Sherrybaby is practice for being compassionate and loving in your life toward people who aren't perfect." - Maggie Gyllenhaal on her character in Sherrybaby.
"I suppose they're like chalk and cheese." - Chiwetel Ejiofor on his dual nominations for roles in Kinky Boots and Tsunami, The Aftermath.
"When a song you've sung gets a nomination of this magnitude ... I love it, what can I say, I'm just thrilled." Aretha Franklin, who sings Never Gonna Break My Faith from Bobby.
- AP