The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009 TV Special)

Hugh Jackman: Self - Host & Performer

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• Hugh Jackman : The Academy loves range. Kate Winslet is here tonight. She's an English woman who played a German woman. Nominated. Robert Downey Jr. is here also. An American who played an Australian who played an African-American. Nominated. Whereas I who am an Australian who played an Australian in a movie called Australia. Hosting.

• Hugh Jackman : [singing]  From a Slumdog with nothin', I Milked my Button / I Ironed all my Men and Frosted my Nixon / 'Cause I am Hugh Jackman and I've waited so long / And no recession can stop my confession or silence my song / These are the Oscars and this is my dream / I am a Slumdog, I am a Wrestler, I'll rent The Reader, I'M WOLVERINE!

• Hugh Jackman : Everything is being down-sized because of the recession. Next year, I'll be starring in a movie called "New Zealand".

• Hugh Jackman : Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ladies and gentlemen. I don't actually have a joke for them I'm just contractually obligated to mention their names five times during the show.

• Hugh Jackman : [singing]  The Reader. I haven't seen The Reader. I was going to see it later but I fell behind. My Batmobile took longer than I thought to design. The Reader. I know I need to see The Reader. I even went down to the theater but there was a line of all the people watching Iron Man a second time.

• Hugh Jackman : [singing]  How come comic book movies never get nominated? How can a billion dollars be unsophisticated?

• Hugh Jackman : In Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey, Jr., ladies and gentlemen. Robert, who's an American, played an Australian playing an African American, nominated. Whereas me, I'm an Australian who played an Australian in a movie called Australia.