- OH, MY GOD.

- CONGRATULATIONS.

- I STILL FEEL THAT WAY.

- I KNOW, ALL THE WAY ON MONDAY.

IT HAPPENED WAY BACK ON THURSDAY,

AND YOU'RE STILL FEELING THAT WAY.

IT HAPPENED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

- RIGHT.

- AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?

WERE YOU, LIKE, WAITING BY THE PHONE?

- NO.

I WAS DEAD ASLEEP, LATE,

AND--BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I HAD A CHANCE, YOU KNOW?

- REALLY?

- YEAH, REALLY.

- HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU HAVE A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT--

NOW, YOU HAVE TO BE--

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE.

YOU HAVE TO BACK AWAY AND GO, "NOW, THAT WAS A--

I'M GOOD, BUT THAT WAS GREAT."

- [laughs]

THANK YOU, ELLEN.

- REALLY?

- WELL, NOW, I HAD--

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE PAPERS, AND...

- DON'T DO THAT.

- THEY ALL SAY, "OH, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE."

BECAUSE I'M SO OLD NEWS, YOU KNOW?

- THAT IS-- THAT IS CRAZY.

[audience cheers]

THERE IS--THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TALENT BEING OLD NEWS.

YOUR TALENT IS, YOU KNOW.

[cheers and applause]

THAT DOESN'T GET OLD.

SO...

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY AWARDS THAT YOU HAVE WON SO FAR

IN YOUR LIFETIME?

I DO.

- [laughs]

- 119 AWARDS. - OH, MY GOD.

[cheers and applause]

- FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN AMAZING YEAR,

AND I AM SO THRILLED AND HONORED THAT I AM HOSTING THIS YEAR,

BECAUSE WHAT AMAZING MOVIES.

- YEAH, ME TOO. I'M GLAD YOUR HOSTING.

- THANK YOU, WELL, YOU'RE SO MUCH FUN.

THE LAST TIME I HOSTED, I WAS VACUUMING,

AND YOU LIFTED YOUR FEET FOR ME.

YOU PLAYED ALONG; IT WAS GREAT.

I'M GONNA FIND YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR,

AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOU IN THE AUDIENCE AGAIN.

BUT YOU--IT'S AMY ADAMS AND CATE BLANCHETT AND JUDI DENCH

AND SANDRA BULLOCK,

AND AMAZING MOVIES, AMAZING WOMEN.

- YEAH, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR

THAT WERE GREAT.

I MEAN, I'M THINKING OF MY FRIEND EMMA THOMPSON,

WHO WASN'T.

- SHOCKED, YEAH.

- I WAS--

I MEAN, YEAH.

I WAS REALLY SHOCKED.

AND I WROTE HER A LONG, HEARTFELT EMAIL SAYING,

YOU KNOW, HOW BAD I FELT,

AND SHE WROTE ME BACK AND SAID, "GOOD."

- THAT'S EMMA.

- YEAH. - THAT'S HILARIOUS.

YEAH, NO, IT REALLY IS.

IT WAS A SHOCK THAT SHE WASN'T NOMINATED.

TOM HANKS WASN'T NOMINATED.

- I KNOW, LOT OF SURPRISES AND INJUSTICES.

- BUT I REALLY--I REALLY DID THINK

YOU WOULD BE NOMINATED,

BECAUSE THAT PERFORMANCE WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, YOU WERE SO GOOD IN THAT MOVIE,

AND--AND THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE,

YOU WERE HERE FOR "IRON LADY," RIGHT?

AND I SAID YOU WERE GONNA WIN FOR THAT.

- YOU WERE RIGHT.

- AND YOU DID WIN FOR THAT.

- YEAH, SO--

- THAT WAS AMAZING.

[cheers and applause]

- WELL, YOU'RE SO-- YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL.