LAMEST DRUG REFERENCE:
William Monahan, accepting for best adapted screenplay for “The Departed,” who opined, “Valium does work.”
BEST VARIATION ON “THANKS, MOM!”:
Eugenio Caballero, accepting for best art direction for “Pan’s Labyrinth,” who noted, “I want to dedicate this to my mother and to all the filmmakers of my country.”
BEST SPONTANEOUS WISECRACK ALLUDING WITHOUT SELF-PITY TO PAST DISAPPOINTMENTS:
Martin Scorsese, accepting best director for “The Departed,” who said: “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Could you double-check the envelope?”
BEST DEMONSTRATION OF HEARTFELT GRATITUDE IN ALL OF ITS PROFOUND SIMPLICITY:
David Marti, accepting for best makeup for “Pan’s Labyrinth,” who said, in part, “Thank you very much for this.”
MOST REFRESHING AND NONPRETENTIOUS USE OF RELATIVELY OBSCURE VOCABULARY WORD:
Thelma Schoonmaker, who accepted best film editing award for “The Departed” by thanking, among others, “the fantastic panoply of actors.”
MOST GRACIOUS ADDRESS INCORPORATING A TRIBUTE TO ANACHRONISTIC MONARCHICAL FIGURE:
Helen Mirren, who accepted best actress award for “The Queen,” and declared, “For 50 years and more Elizabeth Windsor … has weathered many, many storms. I support her courage and her consistency … Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen.”
MOST OBNOXIOUS REFERENCE TO THE IRRITATING HABIT OF READING ALOUD FROM A PIECE OF PAPER:
Alan Arkin, accepting award for best supporting actor in “Little Miss Sunshine,” who began, “I know you’re not supposed to read, but …”
