Aesop’s fable, Kylie’s Jimmy Dodger and ‘the prettiest girl in the room’: the best quotes from BAFTA 2026 | Baftas 2026

“I can’t believe it at all. I can’t believe I’m looking at people like you, in the same category as you, regardless that I’m standing here. I honestly can’t believe I won this award. I really can’t. Everyone in this category amazes me.”
Robert Aramayo Accepting the Lead Actor Award

“Kylie, have you ever had your gum around a giant Jimmy Dodger?”
Hosts Alan Cumming Distribute snacks Kylie Jenner

“Look at that blank page, think about your loved one, think about someone you see hurting and help them feel better.”
Ryan Coogler wins Best Original Screenplay for Sinners

“As a black gay man, I rarely see myself on stage in something that isn’t considered a tragedy.”
Dean Atta chooses the best British animated short film Prize black boys in heaven

“I’m the first presenter to get marmalade at all the BAFTAs.”
Paddington presents the award for Best Family Film

“Any Scottish or Irish person will tell you, never let folk singers into a party. They’re always bloodsuckers.”
Alan Cumming on Sinners

“You know the plot of Zootropolis 2? Lies, corrupt leaders, poisoning and race oppression. Too early, Disney… It’s as if there are events going on in the real world that are affecting the filmmakers. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? No? Ring any bells for you Americans in particular?”
Alan Cumming in the Animation Award Winner – In a joke cut from the television broadcast

Sinners seems “a little dark.” Battle after battle was “weird.” Formula 1 was “brilliant…mainly because of the music”.
President of BAFTA Prince William He gives his verdict on the main candidates behind the scenes

“I appreciate the jury for this honor and what it means for the children of the diaspora. To all those whose parents immigrated for a better life for their children, who live under occupation, dictatorship and persecution, and who suffer genocide: you matter. For Nigeria, for London, for Congo, for Sudan. Free Palestine, thank you.”
Akinola Davies Jr won a BAFTA for Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

“To my daughter, you are my greatest teacher. I am so proud of you. Everything begins and ends with you. To my mom, dad, sisters, niece and nephews, I love you all. Mom, thank you for everything you sacrificed, for your protection and unwavering faith in God’s plan. Just like Aesop’s fable, the sun and the wind, you shone, you shone with love, you gave me the freedom to make my own choices and I dare to.” dream.”
Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress for Sinners

“What is BBC One?”
Hamnet Jacobi Gopi Brainstorming with Alan Cumming on ways to update BAFTA

“It’s the first time a Norwegian film has won a BAFTA. We’re usually better at skating.”
Joachim Trier wins Best Picture Not in English for sentimental value

“We love the elitism in all of us.”
Kathryn Hahn she joked as she presented the award for best original screenplay

“I feel like the prettiest girl in the room right now.”
Paul Thomas Anderson receives the award for Best Director

“We’ve got this little platform [for Paddington] And here we are. “I think Tom Cruise wasn’t available… he’s not actually here, he’s usually in the front row so he can see.”
Warwick Davis Presents the Adapted Screenplay Award

“Oh, it’s on his phone.”
Alan Cumming rebuke Paul Mescal During the ceremony

“We’re not good at patting ourselves on the back, but maybe we should.”
Sam Mendes receives the Outstanding British Film Award for Hamnet (which he produced)

“When I was in school, Ethan Hawke came to speak to us at Juilliard and gave an amazing talk about longevity as an actor, about protecting your instrument and avoiding self-destructive behaviors. That had a really big impact on everyone in that room. So to be in this class with you tonight is incredible. Thank you, Ethan.”
Robert Aramayo receives the award for Best Leading Actor for the movie I Swear

“I’m sharing this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this. It’s the best role of my life to be your mother, and I promise to keep disobeying so you can belong to a world in all your crazy, complicated wildness as a young woman.”
Jessie Buckley receives the award for Best Leading Actress for Hamnet

“Anyone who says movies are no longer good should get angry immediately.”
Paul Thomas Anderson He gets the best award One battle movie after another