Globe nominations inspire giddy reactions

updated 3:57 p.m. ET Dec. 13, 2007

Reactions from some of the Golden Globe Award nominees Thursday:

"I never expected anything like this at my age. But I'll accept it." — Ernest Borgnine, 90, nominated for best actor in a miniseries or movie. He last won a Golden Globe in 1956 for the movie "Marty." Borgnine would be the oldest winner ever if he collects another Golden Globe Award this year.

"I am extremely happy for our brilliant writer and our three terrific actors. I hope they will all remember that they were nothing when I found them." — Mike Nichols, director of "Charlie Wilson's War," nominated for best picture, comedy. Stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman were also nominated.

"I can't wait to have some rubber chicken and listen to the unscripted banter with all of those fine actresses." — Jodie Foster, nominated for best actress for "The Brave One."

"Let's face it, when I was first proposed this role, I thought, 'What was it about me that made you think I could pull this off?' They said, 'You sing, you dance, you're the only one that could probably do this.'" — John Travolta on being nominated for supporting-actor for his role as an overweight housewife in "Hairspray."

"It's just nice to get some praise. Anything to get through the contractions." — Helena Bonham Carter, who is nine months pregnant, on being nominated for best actress for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

"It's a little bit weird. I have to kind of wait for the dust to settle and then I'll know exactly how I feel. Right now I don't really feel all that much." — Casey Affleck, supporting actor nominee for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."

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"When they said my name, I just started shrieking like a little schoolgirl." — Diablo Cody, nominated for her screenplay, "Juno."

"I was making waffles for my kids, then my phone rang and my publicist called saying I was nominated. And I noticed this strange smell, and the waffles were burning, and the smoke alarm went off." — Mary-Louise Parker, nominated for best actress in a television series, comedy or musical for "Weeds."

"I was sitting in my living room actually nursing a hangover when my agent sent a text saying congratulations." — Keira Knightley on how she learned she was nominated for best actress for "Atonement."

"I'm going to work at 8 a.m. with Mr. Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie, so maybe Angelina and I will have a holler and a hoot together." — Amy Ryan, nominated for supporting actress for "Gone Baby Gone." She is now working on Eastwood's "The Changeling." Jolie was nominated in the dramatic actress category for "A Mighty Heart."

"I'm on a plane to L.A., so I'll be celebrating with my fellow passengers." — Jason Reitman, director of "Juno," nominated for best picture, comedy or musical.

"A few years ago, my dad passed away, and I share this nomination with him." — Jeremy Piven, nominated for best supporting actor in a TV series, miniseries or motion picture for "Entourage."

"We're all jumping around at the moment. It's just fantastic. I'm working today, so I don't know whether I'll be able to celebrate, but we'll probably have a nice dinner when we get home from work." — Saoirse Ronan, 13-year-old best supporting-actress nominee for "Atonement."

"I was screaming and crying. I actually threw a table. I was freaking out." — Nikki Blonsky, best-actress nominee for "Hairspray."

"To be the little engine that could, it's sort of nice. It's more than sort of nice. It's very gratifying." — Julie Taymor, director of "Across the Universe," nominated for best picture, comedy or musical.

"My least favorite part is trying to figure out what to wear. Everything else is pretty much wonderful." — Glenn Close, nominated for best actress for her TV series "Damages."

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