The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004 TV Special)

Hugh Jackman: Self - Host, Winner & Performer

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Quotes 

• Announcer : Visitors to Oz, please direct your attention to the blonde girl in the bubble.

  Glinda : Hello. It's good to see me isn't it! No need to respond. That was rhetorical. Fellow Tonyians...

  [sings] 

  Glinda : Let us be glad / Let us be grateful / Let us rejoicify that here to see us through / Is a Boy from Oz whose name is... Hugh!

  [Hugh Jackman appears] 

  Glinda : Hugh, oh, Hugh...

  Hugh Jackman : Yes.

  Glinda : Call me... You got my number.

  Hugh Jackman : Alright. It's Glinda from Wicked, Kristin Chenoweth everybody.

  [applause] 

  Hugh Jackman : Kristin Chenoweth.

  ["shooing" her] 

  Hugh Jackman : Go on, off you go. I hate to blow her off like that.

• Hugh Jackman : [on performer Tony Bennett]  He just told me backstage actually that when he got back from World War II, he went to the American Theatre Wing School on the GI bill, and that's where he learned everything he knows about singing, performing and picking up chicks.

• Hugh Jackman : [after the opening number]  What about those Rockettes? I knew these long legs would come in handy one day.

• Hugh Jackman : "One Night Only," the words I'll be hearing from my agents when I tell them I'm coming back to Broadway.

• Hugh Jackman : Our next presenter is...

  Rod : Omigod! It's the Boy from Oz!

  Hugh Jackman : It's Rod from Avenue Q, everybody!

  [applause] 

  Rod : Hugh... oh, Huey, Huey, Huey, Huey, Huey, I am one of your biggest fans. I saw you in "Oklahoma" in London and "Sunset Boulevard" in Sydney and I'm wishing you the best of luck on winning "Best Leading Actor in a Musical."

  Hugh Jackman : I'm wishing you luck too.

  Rod : Really? Thank you. You know, Hugh, you are a very successful gentleman and I'm an investment banker, so if you ever need anyone to take care of your assets...

  Hugh Jackman : You mean like my wife?

  Rod : Right - Oh. What a lucky lady.

  Hugh Jackman : Now, look, mate, I'd like to...

  Rod : Wait, say that again!

  Hugh Jackman : Mate?

  Rod : Again!

  Hugh Jackman : G'day, mate!

  Rod : Touch me!

  Hugh Jackman : [carresses Rod]  Take it easy, mate.

  Rod : Look into my eyes.

  [Rod kisses Hugh] 

  Rod : I did it! Wheeeeeeeeeee!

  Hugh Jackman : Deb, if I go to the Avenue Q party, you'll know why.

• Hugh Jackman : [after Carol Channing and LL Cool J's "Hello Dolly" rap]  This just in: Carol Channing has been arrested in a drive-by shooting.

• Hugh Jackman : Welcome back, and a special welcome back to those of you who were watching 'The Sopranos.' Here is what you missed at our little barbeque: I danced with the Rockettes, a witch came on in a bubble

  [Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda] 

  Hugh Jackman : , a lot of Jews danced their way out of Russia

  [Fiddler on the Roof] 

  Hugh Jackman : , Tony Bennett sang,

  [imitating Fierstein] 

  Hugh Jackman : , Harvey Fierstein presented an award,

  [normal voice] 

  Hugh Jackman : there was swing dancing

  [Wonderful Town] 

  Hugh Jackman : , a whole bunch of people did a musical number about assassinating presidents

  [Assassins] 

  Hugh Jackman : and there were puppets in group therapy

  [Avenue Q] 

  Hugh Jackman : . It's not TV, it's the Tony Awards.

• Peter Allen : [to Sarah Jessica Parker before pulling her onstage in the middle of his The Boy from Oz Tony number, "The Boy Next Door"]  I feel like a little Sex in the City... Hello, Sarah Jessica!

• Peter Allen : [to a seemingly nervous Sarah Jessica Parker, before doing the lambada]  It's only about 6,000 people... and about 6,000 on telly.

• Hugh Jackman : [during his acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Musical]  I've been up here all night, and I am now absolutely trembling.

• Hugh Jackman : Peter Allen, you wrote this song called "Making Every Moment Count," you did it. You did it onstage and offstage. Peter - it's an honor to play you and I dedicate this Tony to your memory.