Gervais Ready to Roast Hollywood

Los Angeles - Ricky Gervais seems ready to give Hollywood an even worse scorching Sunday, when he hosts the Golden Globes against the backdrop of "Occupy Wall Street."

On Thursday, Ricky joined us on GDLA... watch the interview video in the media player.

"They're the wealthiest, most privileged people in the world," the British comic says of Hollywood's A-list in an upcoming Esquire magazine interview. "Offense is taken, not given."

Gearing up for his third time as host, Gervais adds, "Imagine if I had gone out there and said, 'We're all in the same gang. Aren't we brilliant? Us millionaires together.' ... I'm not a wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing."

Gervais' skewering of stars last year had one of his targets, Robert Downey Jr., calling the show "hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones."

Prime Gervais victims this time around could include Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Eddie Murphy, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Justin Bieber and any presenters and winners crossing the stage.

"There was a Roman emperor who hired someone to whisper, 'You're just a man,' in his ear as he walked around the crowds," Gervais says of Hollywood hubris. "Just to remind him, because he knew if everyone tells you you're a god, then you are. And so he hired someone to say, 'You're just a man.'"

He added that he has zero regrets about razzing the stars. "I stand by everything. You can apologize for things you do when you're 15 but not when you're 50. I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years because there's no longer art in Hollywood."