Incredible Award Speeches

Nothing can compare to this one...nothing.

Clorox Leachmsn thanking her piano teacher. As for Sally Goeld, well I like let, I really like her.

My personal favorite will always be Maureen Stapleton.

Joe Pesci’s speech should be a model for more winners

Vanessa Redgrave and her "Zionist hoodlums."

R4 wow I had always heard how short it was but didn’t know it was that short. So much humility. You can tell he didn’t think he’d win and likely a nervous public speaker.

Barbara Stanwyck's moving tribute to William Holden when she won her honorary Oscar.

Kanye winning his first Grammy.

R8 Illiterate lunatic.

R9 I don’t think illiterate means what you think it means.

R10 Yes, I do. And Kanye is clearly illiterate. He has the vocabulary of someone who's only read coloring books.

Emma Thompson's speech for Angela Lansbury's Governor's Award. Very funny and heartfelt.

I hate toxic snobbery.

I don't know if it was an incredible speech, but I thought it was incredibly kind and so cute for Colin Farrell to specifically thank Carolina from craft services when he won the Golden Globe on Sunday.

So often, it's the "little people" behind the scenes who do the heavy lifting and help keep things moving, and they never get the recognition they deserve.

Well done, Colin!

And we, R13, hate the lazy and meaningless use of the dumshit's-all-purpose adjective "toxic."

Oh, dear.

Isn't mere snobbery enough to deplore, deplorable?

Lupita Nyong’o

I've always liked Jodie Foster's speech upon winning her first Oscar.

Louise Fletcher's Oscar speech.

I DETEST when someone comes up with a piece of paper that has a speech on it. At least try and pretend you're giving a spontaneous speech.

I understand that the studio demands that certain people be thanked, but for actors whose life if memorizing speeches, it looks terrible when they take out a paper.

[quote]I DETEST when someone comes up with a piece of paper that has a speech on it.

This is even worse. Welcome to the world of technology. Just say, " Thank you" if you can't remember anything.

Peter Finch's widow accepting his posthumous Oscar for NETWORK. An elegant speech by an elegant lady.

I wouldn't have voted for either of her first two wins, but Frances McDormand's Oscar speeches for 'Fargo' and 'Three Billboards' were excellent. "Allow directors to make autonomous casting decisions based on qualifications and not market value."

I liked Faye Dunaway and Anjelica Huston's speeches, too; they didn't try to be profound or moving, they just got up on stage looking effortlessly cool, thanked the people involved with their films, and left.

Diane Keaton's is another refreshingly simple one.