"Ladies and gentlemen, I come before you all tonight at the 2003 Los Angeles Academy Awards to tell you this: You're all a bunch of fakes. I think it's safe to say that there is not a sincere person among you- you're all living a lie. None of you are real people, you're all personas given birth to by agents and nurtured by the media. I doubt that in the sea of award winners and nominees …showed first 75 words of 1055 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1055 total…of feature films. These movies are an important escape from reality for the viewing public, who does not necessarily want to immerse themselves in a world that confronts the very core of their beliefs. Just answer me one last thing: In a society that considers itself to be more enlightened than ever before, why is it necessary to look to a medium that would rather assure us of our own correctness than expand our minds?"