LONDON —  Quotes from Sunday's 2009 British Academy Film Awards:

_"It is a nerve-racking experience ... Inside I'm shaking like Christian Bale's PA." _ ceremony host Jonathan Ross

"I'm a member of the RMEP, which is the movie star-rock star exchange program. Tonight Sir Ben Kingsley will be singing 'Brown Sugar' at the Grammys, and Sir Anthony Hopkins is in the recording studio with Amy Winehouse" _ award presenter Mick Jagger

_"It's such a pleasure to be back here, out of the darkness" _ best actor Mickey Rourke

_"I think it's about hope. It's come out in a time when we need a movie about hope." _ "Slumdog Millionaire" screenwriter Simon Beaufoy

"The wiring in my dad's house blew overnight, and it's just a a big shout-out to everyone who helped him get the extension cable in so he could watch this on television" _ best director Danny Boyle.

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