- Referring to I Love You Philip Morris as “Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay. Sort of the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists then. Probably? My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke. They’re not here.”
- “I love this next presenter; he’s so cool. He’s the star of Iron Man, Two Girls And A Guy, Wonder Boys …I’m sorry are these porn films? Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? Bowfinger? Up The Academy? Come on! He has done all of those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as The Betty Ford Clinic and the Los Angeles County Jail. Robert Downey, Jr.”
- His final line of the night: “And thank you to God. For making me an atheist.”
I mean, it's Ricky Gervais. This is what he does. No one should have been surprised that this was the route his comedy went, any differently than had they invited Jeffrey Ross. Was it funny? Yes. And it's an entertainment show in the first place -- this wasn't nearly on the bite-the-hand-that-invited-him level of Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, though, again (a) what did they expect?, and (b) at least it was funny. Would they rather have had a yodeling ventriloquist Miss America aspirant host?
