My fave Golden Globes lines so far all come from Ricky Gervais

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JANUARY 11, 2009

"What did I tell you, Winslet -- do a Holocaust movie, win an award."

"That's the trouble with Holocaust films -- there's no gag reel on the DVD."

On his campaign to get the Hollywood Foregn Press Association to hand a Golden Globe nomination to his admittedly awful comedy, Ghost Town: "That's the last time I have sex with 200 middle-age journalists . . . Europeans with wispy beards. And the men were worse."

Somebody get this man a job hosting some big Hollywood awards ceremony, stat!

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