not just about who wins -- >> paul giamatti. >> -- but what gets said. >> i'm jacked up because i ates with the chocolates. >> a dinner with alcohol, people tend to be loose and you never know what's going to happen. >> that legacy of unpredictability. >> if you start playing violins, i will tear this joint apart. >> -- may have peaked with host ricky gervais. >> seems everything was three dimensional, except the characters in "the tourist." >> i can say everything. i think that's what's exciting for me and hopefully makes it entertaining for people at home. >> some thought gervais ruffled enough feathers last year that he wouldn't be back. >> i'm not a puppet for this industry party. i'm trying to make it a spectator sport. >> but he is. for a third straight time. >> i don't want to ruin these people's nights. i'm friends with many of them. i admire most of them. but i think as a comedian, you've got to be able to say what you think. >> and so far -- >> i haven't seen "the tourist." who has? >> gervais says he's got no regrets. >> for me, there's two people up there. one says why wou

look at what paul giamatti did in "sideways."golden globes? >> i will not. >> so you'll be afraiding the ricky gervais roast? >> oh, yeah. >> do you laugh at the amount of sheer offense that he causes? >> i'm just gad glad i'm not there being the one being picked on. >> i think he's almost single handedly pricked the balloon of pomposity. the fact that he's been invited back now three times -- >> that's pretty incredible. >> he's kind of made american stars perhaps a little too pampered in recent years laugh at themselves again. >> i guess, yeah. i mean, clearly, they've invited him back. and it is the golden globes. it's not the oscars. i don't know if that would fly at the oscars. >> i would unleash him at the oscars. actors take themselves terribly serious. they do need a regular dose of gervais. could you take it? >> i think i could take a ribbing. i grew new a house where we made fun of each other all day and long night.

. >> paul giamatti. >> reporter: but what gets said. >> i'm a little jacked up because i ate five boxesf godiva chocolate. >> a dinner alcohol, people can be loose, and you never know what's going to happen. >> that legacy of one predictability. >> if you start playing violins, i will tear this joint appoint. >> reporter: may have peaked with host ricky gervais. >> seems like everything was iii-dimensional except the characters in the "the tourist." >> i can say anything and that makes it exciting for me and hopefully entertaining for people at home. >> reporter: some folks he ruffled a lot of netthers last year that he wouldn't be back. >> i'm not a puppet for the industry party. >> reporter: but he is. >> trying to make it a spectator sport. >> for the third straight time. i don't want to ruin these people's nights. i'm friends with them, admire most of them, but i think as a comedian you've got to be able to say what you think. >> reporter: and so far -- >> i haven't even seen "the tourist." who has. >> reporter: gervais has no regrets. >> to me there's two people up there. one goes