
Political speeches dominated the Oscars on Sunday night with winners lining up to outdo each other as they spoke out against President Donald Trump's immigration ban.

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel kicked things off when he fired several shots at Trump during his opening monologue.

But as the night progressed, actors, directors and designers quickly started dedicating their Academy Awards to 'the immigrants', spoke out against the Mexican wall and went as far as calling Trump's immigration policy 'inhumane'.

While Alessandro Bertolazzi is not a well known name outside the film industry, the makeup artist was the first Oscar winner to mention politics in his acceptance speech.

The Italian dedicated his win in the makeup and hair-styling category to 'all the immigrants'.

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stars of 1967's classic Bonnie and Clyde, presented the Oscar for best picture.

'Our goal in politics is the same in our goal in art, and that's to get to the truth,' Beatty said on stage.

He said the movies nominated 'show us the increasing diversity in our community and our respect for diversity and freedom all over the world.'

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Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stars of 1967's classic Bonnie and Clyde, presented the Oscar for best picture saying: 'Our goal in politics is the same in our goal in art, and that's to get to the truth'

Mexican actor Gael García Bernal (pictured with Hailee Steinfeld) was presenting an award when he made it clear he was against Donald Trump building a wall on the Mexican-U.S. border

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi took home the Academy Award for best foreign film for his drama The Salesman. He was not present in protest and his Oscar was accepted on his behalf by Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi took home the Academy Award for best foreign film for his drama The Salesman. The director had previously said he was not attending the Oscars in revolt against Trump's immigration ban and it was accepted on his behalf by Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari.

'I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and the other six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S,' he said in a statement read out on his behalf.

'Dividing the world into the U.S. and our enemies categories creates fear. A deceitful justification for aggression and war. These wars prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression.

'Filmmakers can turn their cameras to capture shared human qualities and break stereotypes of various nationalities and religions. They create empathy between us and other. An empathy which we need today more than ever.'

Italian make up artist Alessandro Bertolazzi (center) was the first Oscar winner to mention politics in his acceptance speech as he dedicated his win to 'all the immigrants'

Co-director of Zootopia Rich Moore (center) said: 'We are so grateful to audiences to audiences all over the world who embraced this film with this story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other'

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said in accepting the Oscar for adapted screenplay that people who don't feel like they have support can look to the American Civil Liberties Union and artists over the next four years

Mexican actor Gael García Bernal also weighed in as he presented an award.

BIGGEST OSCARS POLITICAL SPEECHES: Warren Beatty said: 'Our goal in politics is the same in our goal in art, and that's to get to the truth.' Italian make up artist Alessandro Bertolazzi dedicated his win to 'all the immigrants'. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal said: 'I'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us'. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi called Trump's immigration ban an 'inhumane law'. Director Rich Moore said: 'Tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other'. Director Barry Jenkins said that people who don't feel like they have support over the next four years can look to the American Civil Liberties Union for help. Advertisement

'Flesh and blood actors are migrant workers,' Bernal said. 'We travel all over the world. We construct families, we build life but we cannot be divided. As a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being I'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us.

'I'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us.'

Even the directors of animated film Zootopia had something to say about tolerance.

'We are so grateful to audiences to audiences all over the world who embraced this film with this story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other,' co-director Rich Moore said.

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said in accepting the Oscar for adapted screenplay that people who don't feel like they have support can look to the American Civil Liberties Union and artists over the next four years.

'All you people who feel like there's no mirror for you... we have your back,' he said.

Jimmy Kimmel had earlier poked fun at Trump during his opening monologue saying the Academy Awards were being watching across the globe 'in more than 225 countries that now hate us'.

'I want to say thank you to President Trump... remember last year when it seemed the Oscars were racist?' Kimmel told the star-studded audience.

He later took to the president's favorite medium - Twitter - to write: 'Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?' and '@realDonaldTrump #Merylsayshi.'

The Oscars got off to a predictably political start on Sunday night when host Jimmy Kimmel took several shots at President Donald Trump

Host Jimmy Kimmel tweeted President Donald Trump from the stage at the Oscars on Sunday night. He wrote: 'Hey @realDonaldTrump u up?' and '@realDonaldTrump #Merylsayshi'

Kimmel was serious for a moment when he addressed how divided the country was. He said everyone could make America great again if people reached out to someone they disagreed with to have a positive conversation.

But that moment quickly passed as he began roasting Trump again.

He later called on the crowd to give an 'highly overrated' Meryl Streep a standing ovation for her 20 Oscar nominations throughout her career.

'One actress has stood the test of time for her many uninspiring and overrated performances,' Kimmel said. 'This is Meryl's 20th Oscar nomination... she wasn't even in a movie this year, we just wrote her name in out of habit.'

He riffed off the president's post-Globes tweet calling Streep 'overrated' after her anti-Trump speech at the Golden Globes overshadowed that show's awards last month.

'Nice dress by the way... Is that an Ivanka?' Kimmel asked Streep.

Kimmel joked that Trump would tweet about all of the Oscar winner's acceptance speeches 'in all caps during his 5am bowel movement tomorrow'.

The host alluded to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's banning of some reporters from a briefing on Friday, saying that reporters from CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and others needed to leave.

'We have no tolerance for fake news,' he said.

Later in the night, Kimmel tweeted Trump to check if he was awake and also to say that Meryl Streep said hello.

Kimmel called on the crowd to give an 'highly overrated' Meryl Streep a standing ovation for her 20 Oscar nominations throughout her career. She refrained from making any comments in relation to Trump

The late-night host poked fun at Trump during his opening monologue saying the Academy Awards were being watching across the globe 'in more than 225 countries that now hate us'

Kimmel was quick to also turn on close friend and pretend-enemy Matt Damon as he called on people to bury the hatchet with people they might not agree with

He was quick to also turn on close friend and pretend-enemy Matt Damon as he called on people to bury the hatchet with people they might not agree with amid America's disunity.

'I would like to bury the hatchet with someone I've had issues with... Matt Damon,' he said.

'When I first met Matt, I was the fat one. He's a selfish person, but Matt did something very unselfish. He could have starred in Manchester by the Sea... but he gave that role to Casey Affleck.'

He pointed out that Damon went on to star in a 'Chinese ponytail movie instead and that movie went on to lose $80 million. Smooth move dumba**.'

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs gave a speech about diversity after the Oscars faced backlash in 2016.

She said the film industry was becoming more inclusive and diverse with each passing day.

'Tonight is proof that art has no borders, no single language and does not belong to a single faith,' she said. 'The power of art is that it transcends all these things.'

Karlie Kloss and actress Ruth Negga were among the several stars to wear a blue ribbon in support of the American Civil Liberties Union

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs gave a speech about diversity after the Oscars faced backlash in 2016, saying the film industry was becoming more inclusive and diverse with each passing day