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# See Stars React to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's Best Golden Globes Jokes


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### On the Rivalry Between the Big Screen and the Boob Tube

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c731c3f8a705cc3/698778fc35ba6f526cc06643/film-tv.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub shoulders with the rat-faced people of television.”**—Amy Poehler, 2013

### On James Cameron’s Machismo

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d07f0737d15e2b/698778f955a859ea11a85296/golden-globes-3.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“I haven’t been really following the controversy over** **_Zero Dark Thirty_** **, but when it comes to torture, I trust the lady \[Kathryn Bigelow\] who spent three years married to James Cameron.”**—Amy Poehler, 2013

### On Ben Affleck and Beantown

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39e8dbab5ac9747/698778fa06f2c183fa3334b7/golden-globes-4.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Ben’s first two movies took place in Boston, but he moved this one \[** **_Argo_** **\] to Iran because he wanted to film somewhere that was friendlier to outsiders.”** —Tina Fey, 2013

### On Anne Hathaway As A Hopeless Waif

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458639b19994ef22/698778fc8e060105be4599d8/golden-globes-5.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Anne Hathaway, you gave a stunning performance in** **_Les Misérables_** **. I have not seen someone totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars.”**  
 —Tina Fey, 2013

### On the director of _Django Unchained_

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd03a6caf37f49f8/698778fc0b72e3717c6dd09b/golden-globes-6.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Quentin Tarantino is here—the star of all my sexual nightmares.”**  
 —Tina Fey, 2013


### On Tom Hanks and His Utterly Unpronounceable Name

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae79c9acbd8267a1/698778fce53aba73244d6efa/golden-globes-7.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Congratulations to all the wonderful actors nominated tonight, from the amazing Chiwetel Ejiofor to the stunning Lupita Nyong’o to American treasure Tam Honks. Dammit, I knew I was going to screw that up.”**  
 —Amy Poehler, 2014

### On Matt Damon’s Nomination In A Television Category

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52f5e1433821296e/698778fd06f2c16c103334c0/golden-globes-8.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Matt Damon is here for** **_Behind the Candelabra_** **. Matt, on any other night, in any other room, you would be a big deal, but tonight, and don’t take this the wrong way, you’re basically a garbage person.”**  
 —Amy Poehler, 2014

### On Meryl Streep Defying Hollywood’s Ageist Culture

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt984628667cb8d8c3/698778fd2dce010e439dcd9e/golden-globes-9.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“Meryl Streep, so briliant in** **_August Osage County_** **, proving that there are still great parts in Hollywood for Meryl Streeps over 60.”**  
 —Tina Fey, 2014

### On George Clooney Succumbing to Hollywood’s Ageist Culture

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd01b6be142bdffe/698778fef887dc0cb9e896d6/golden-globes-11.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“** **_Gravity_** **is nominated for best film. It’s the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman \[Sandra Bullock\] his own age.”**—Tina Fey, 2014

### On Joaquin Phoenix Being the Weirdest Guy in Hollywood

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea658bcfb949bc81/698778fe5f570f798ab14963/golden-globes-12.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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**“One of my favorite films this year is the movie** **_Her_** **, which takes place in the not-so-distant future. Which is perfect, because so does Joaquin Phoenix.”**  
 —Tina Fey, 2014

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