- FIRST OFF, I GOT TO SAY,

I SAW SOME OF YOU GUYS DANCING THERE,

AND YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT.

- YEAH. - CONGRATULATIONS.

PRETTY AWESOME.

[cheers and applause]

- YOU--EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE,

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE TRAILER,

THEY SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF HIM DANCING.

YOU'RE A GREAT DANCER. YOU ACTUALLY--

THAT LITTLE SCENE WHERE YOU'RE DANCING...

- YEAH. - YOU'RE A GOOD DANCER.

- I USED TO BE A POP-LOCKER

WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

- WERE YOU? - YEAH.

IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS

WHY I DIDN'T GET AN AGENT, BECAUSE I AUDITIONED,

AND I HAD, LIKE, A PUNK ROCK HAIRCUT,

AND I DRESSED LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, STREET DANCER,

AND THEY REJECTED ME.

AW...

[laughter]

- I DISAGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE I MET YOU--

I THINK YOU WERE, LIKE, 16 YEARS OLD,

AND YOU HAD JUST DONE "THIS BOY'S LIFE,"

WHICH WAS YOUR FIRST FILM, REALLY.

- IT WAS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, RIGHT?

I REMEMBER THAT.

- YES, WE WERE AT AN AFTER-PARTY

AT, LIKE, THE CHINESE THEATRE OR SOMETHING.

[audience awwing]

AND I'M TELLING YOU, YOU WERE SO...

[laughter]

YOU TOLD ME--I JUST--

I JUST WAS LISTENING TO YOU TALK,

AND I THOUGHT, "YOU ARE SO SPECIAL AND CHARMING."

AND THEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D JUST FINISHED THAT FILM,

AND I HAD NEVER SEEN YOU IN ANYTHING,

BUT I JUST KNEW YOU WERE GONNA BE SOMEBODY

BECAUSE YOU WERE SO CHARMING.

THEN YOU DID "WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE,"

AND HE WAS AMAZING IN THAT.

[cheers and applause]

I FEEL LIKE I DISCOVERED YOU.

- YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DISCOVERED--

- I--I CLAIM STAKE ON YOU.

I THINK I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CAREER.

- WELL, I...

[laughter]

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN OF YOURS...

- WELL, THANK YOU. - EVER SINCE I FIRST MET YOU.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - THANK YOU.

BUT REALLY, YOU'RE--

I MEAN, AND THIS-- THIS PERFORMANCE

IN THIS MOVIE IS, UM...

I REALLY WANT TO SAY IT'S YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE

I'VE EVER SEEN. - OH, THANK YOU.

- AND YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT MOVIES.

BUT IN THIS MOVIE, YOUR PERFORMANCE IS OUTSTANDING.

- THANK YOU.

- AND YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE.

WELL-DESERVED.

[cheers and applause]

AND...

[cheers and applause]

YOU WERE THERE.

I HOSTED THE OSCARS IN 2007,

AND YOU WERE THERE IN THE FRONT ROW.

YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR "BLOOD DIAMOND."

I'M HOSTING AGAIN THIS YEAR,

AND I PRAY I'M LOOKING OUT THERE

AND SEEING YOU IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS,

BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO BE THERE.

- YOU'RE VERY SWEET.

- AND...

OR JUST COME ANYWAY.

- I MIGHT. I MIGHT.

- YEAH.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET NOMINATED--

AS A SEAT-FILLER; I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.

- I LOVE THOSE SEAT-FILLERS. - YEAH, JUST BE THERE.

- LITERALLY, AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE FOR THE BATHROOM,

SOMEBODY JUST SCOOTS IN AND GOES, "EXCUSE ME."

AND THEY SIT RIGHT DOWN. - THEY'RE JUST RIGHT THERE.

ALL DRESSED UP AND EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT, SO TELL EVERYBODY--

THIS MOVIE--YOU PRODUCED IT AS WELL, RIGHT?

- YES.

- SO YOU TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE IT.

- I'D BEEN--I WAS FASCINATED BY THIS BOOK.

I MEAN, JORDAN BELFORT LOOKS AT THIS

AS A CAUTIONARY TALE.

HE'S SORT OF REFLECTING ON HIS WILD, DEBAUCHEROUS,

HEDONISTIC DAYS ON WALL STREET,

WHERE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, CONSUMED BY GREED AND EXCESS.

BUT HE WAS SO CANDID AND HONEST ABOUT IT,

AND I REALLY WANTED TO PUT THIS UP ON SCREEN,

'CAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT FELT LIKE A REFLECTION

OF THE TIME THAT WE WERE LIVING IN.

I MEAN, REALLY, ANYTHING GOES IN THIS FILM.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY WILD.

AND, YOU KNOW, MARTIN SCORSESE AND I DECIDED

TO REALLY PULL NO PUNCHES AND REALLY GO FOR IT.

- YEAH, IT'S-- BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE

THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE--

AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS FILM, IT'S--

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SO GOOD,

AND YOU AND JONAH HILL ARE GREAT TOGETHER,

BUT THE SCENE WHEN YOU TAKE "QUAHLUDES" AND--

- QUAALUDES. "QUAHLUDES"

- I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS. WE--

[laughter]

WE SAID "QUAHLUDES."

- [laughs]

- BUT--I'M NOT KIDDING.

I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.

[laughter]

I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS.

SO QUAALUDES--

SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE QUAALUDES

AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE STEPS TO THE CAR,

IT IS GENIUS HOW YOU DO THAT.

LIKE, AND HOW MANY TAKES DID YOU HAVE TO DO?

- GOD, WE WORKED ON THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE FOR A WEEK.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SEQUENCES IN "GOODFELLAS"

IS WHERE RAY LIOTTA'S, LIKE, SPINNING THE--

MIXING THE MARINARA.

HE'S DOING DRUGS.

HE'S GOT THE HELICOPTERS CIRCLING AROUND HIM.

HIS NANNY WANTS TO TAKE HER HAT,

AND THE COPS ARE COMING AFTER HIM.

WE WANTED TO DO KIND OF A FILM WITHIN A FILM,

SO WE REALLY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS QUAALUDE SEQUENCE

WHERE, ESSENTIALLY, DONNIE HAS A BOTCHED MONEY DEAL--

WHO'S PLAYED BY JONAH HILL--

AND TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT,

HE GIVES ME THESE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL QUAALUDES.

I SIMULTANEOUSLY FIND OUT THAT MY HOUSE IS BEING BUGGED

BY THE FBI, AND I GOT TO GET BACK HOME TO HIM,

'CAUSE HE'S ON THE PHONE WITH SWITZERLAND,

AND IT TURNS INTO THIS SORT OF INSANE SEQUENCE.

AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST WILD THING

I'VE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

JONAH HILL AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID,

"HOW ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS?

HOW ARE ALLOWED TO GET PAID TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING?"

IT WAS JUST INSANE.

- IT WAS--AND JUST TO TAKE THAT MUCH TIME

TO TRY TO CRAWL DOWN STAIRS

AND TO TRY TO OPEN A CAR DOOR THAT OPENS UP...

- MM-HMM.

- AND FOR YOUR FOOT TO GET CAUGHT

ON THAT DOOR, EVERY--

I MEAN, THAT JUST WAS HILARIOUS.

- I APPRECIATE THAT.

I MEAN, I-- YOU KNOW, IT ALL RESULTED

IN THIS INSANE SEQUENCE AT THE END

WHERE JONAH DECIDES TO STUFF HAM INTO HIS MOUTH AS WELL,

AND HE CRASHED INTO A PLATE GLASS TABLE,

AND WE WERE DOING THIS CPR SEQUENCE,

AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIG CHALLENGE THAT DAY--

WE HAD TO DO 70 TAKES

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THIS HAM

TO STICK ON MY FACE.

[laughter]

AND THEY HAD TO PUT K-Y JELLY,

AND THERE WAS LITERALLY A GUY THERE

BEHIND THIS GUY WITH A PLASTIC SPOON

JUST FLICKING HAM ON MY FACE ALL DAY LONG

AS I'M DOING THIS INSANE SEQUENCE,

BUT IT WAS--IT WAS ALMOST--

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SURREAL THINGS I'VE EVER DONE

IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.