The highly-anticipated 96th Academy Awards takes place at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 10. In anticipation of what is expected to be a memorable Awards, we take a look back at some of the more memorable Oscars speeches over the years.
“I’m just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen, let alone be nominated. And a working actor, for that matter. And now, this. ”
– Hilary Swank
“I’d be lying if I hadn’t made a version of this speech before, I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror. And this would’ve been a shampoo bottle. Well, it’s not a shampoo bottle now!”
– Kate Winslet
“When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.”
– Lupita Nyong’o
“I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful, just have a back-up profession like welding.'”
– Robin Williams
“To the audiences who went to see it, and perhaps those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. So… The world is round, people!”
– Cate Blanchett
“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
– Patricia Arquette
“You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?”
– Christopher Plummer
“I know you’re only standing up because you feel bad that I fell.”
– Jennifer Lawrence
Finally, Sandra Bullock in her 2010 Best Actress speech for “The Blindside” said: “Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?”.
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