It's a great move, |
It's hard to become a movie star today. Without the studio system, everyone's an entrepreneur. |
Jon is the epitome of a perfect host - smart, engaging, irreverent and funny. |
Jon knows the difference of being irreverent without being impolite. This is not a political show. I think he understands that. |
Look, I would be disappointed if I did a show in which people didn't complain about something. It would have to be so banal and so white-bread. |
my art is my activism. |
Sometimes 'goofs' happen. We all feel bad about that. I promise that won't happen on the 100th. |
The 75th anniversary show is a meaningful one for the Academy, and it is wonderful to work with a host who's done it before. A host who's witty, clever, sharp, intelligent, quick on his feet and always on top of the unfolding action. Wait, I've forgotten something. Oh, yeah, and outrageously funny. |
The Academy basically reflects the mood of the country. It really deals with what's happening politically and what's happening in personal relationships. |
The Academy is mindful that many of its celebrity guests would feel uncomfortable arriving at this year's awards at the beginning of a major war to face a business-as-usual phalanx of interviewers and photographers. Therefore arriving guests will not stop for interviews or photographs. |
There are big culture issues in these films, contemporaneous issues, and he's about as issue-oriented as a host can be. |
We all understand that the country is on the brink of war and may be sending American men and women into harm's way almost as we speak. We must prepare for the show to be produced under these circumstances. |
We all want to do the show. The public wants it, the stars want it. But we're all good Americans, so we'll try to [make it] a show that we can be proud of. |
We hope that everyone involved will understand that this change is being made in response to the critical situation in the Middle East and will help us make these changes work. |