The Oscars

The Oscars



Year:
2014
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Herself - Winner:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sit down; you're too old to be standing. Thank you, Mr. Day-Lewis. From you it exacerbates this honor to it and it blows it right out of the ballpark. Thank you so much to the Academy. As random and as subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of extraordinary - yet again - extraordinary performances by women. Amy Adams, everything you do, but your performance in "American Hustle" blew my mind. And Meryl, what can I say? Sandra, I could watch that performance to the end of time, and I sort of felt like I had. Julia, #suckit. You know what I mean? And Judi Dench, I mean what a career. She's not here tonight because at the age of 79 her film was so successful that she's in India doing a sequel. I mean what a career that is, if I could hope. And me, I'm here accepting an award in an extraordinary screenplay by Woody Allen. Thank you so much, Woody, for casting me. I truly appreciate it. I'm so very proud that "Blue Jasmine" stayed in the cinemas for as long as it did. And thank you to Sony Classics, to Michael and Tom, for their extraordinary support, for so bravely and intelligently distributing the film. And 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! Thank you to my mum, to my sister, to my brother, to my three glorious sons; I would not be standing here without you. To my husband Andrew, you are a legend. Thank you to my agent Hylda Queally; you're behind the pillar somewhere up there. You are a goddess. To my agent in Australia, Robyn Gardiner, I love you so very much. To my publicist Lisa Kasteler. To the sublime Sally Hawkins and to the extraordinary cast of "Blue Jasmine," I don't know how to do this without other actors and this I share with you. To the hair and makeup people who sweated me up and tried to make me look attractive, thank you for the attempt. To Carla Meyer, for getting Sally and I together and for incredible support. To Helen Robin. To everyone involved in "Blue Jasmine," I thank you so much. And finally, I would like to thank every single member of the Sydney Theatre Company, one of the great theater companies in the world. For me working on "Blue Jasmine," it was a real synthesis of my work in the theater and on film. And not only working with you for the last six years has been the most enormous privilege of my career, but it's made me a better actress. There is so much talent in Australia, and Michael Wilkinson and CM and I are just tonight's tip of the iceberg. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Himself - Winner:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Incredible. Ellen, I love you. To my fellow nominees, I'm so proud to share this journey with you. I'm in awe and have so much respect for you all. To the Academy, thank you. In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother, and she's here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream. To my brother, Shannon, the best big brother in the world, you're a true artist. Thank you so much for sharing this insane and amazing adventure that is Thirty Seconds to Mars, and for being my best friend. I love you. Thank you. To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to say, we are here. And as you struggle to, to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible, we're thinking of you tonight. And this is incredibly special as well, because there's so many people that helped me get here. And I just want to say thank you to Focus Features, to Mick Sullivan, to Jim Toth, to Jason Weinberg, to Emma Ludbrook, to Callie Addams, to the entire "Dallas Buyers Club" team. Matthew, I love you. Jean-Marc. And this is for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to AIDS. And to those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love, tonight I stand here in front of the world with you and for you. Thank you so much and goodnight.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Oh, wow. Thank you, Academy.

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: And to our fellow nominees, you are all rock stars.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song, Herself - Winner: Best Original Song: Literally.

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: We have so many people to thank. Luckily, everybody's name rhymes.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Idina Menzel

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: Kristen Bell.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Chris Buck,

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Chris Beck.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: John Lasseter.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song, Herself - Winner: Best Original Song: Happy Oscars to you. Let's do "Frozen 2."

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Tom MacDougall,

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: Chris Montan.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Oremus,

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: Metzger,

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Besterman.

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: The Anderson

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: and the Lopez Clan.

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: Jon Groff,

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: Josh Gad,

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song, Herself - Winner: Best Original Song: Mom and Dad.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: John Buzzetti and our team back East,

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: and Kate, Brooklyn! And last but not least,

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: our girls.

Herself - Winner:
Best Original Song: Katie and Annie, this song is inspired by our love for you and the hope that you never let fear or shame keep you from celebrating the unique people that you are. Thank you, we love you.

Himself - Co-Winner:
Best Original Song: We love you. Thank you.

Himself - Winner:
Best Film Editing/Best Director and Nominated: Best Picture: Wow, thank you. Thanks to the Academy. Like any other human endeavor making a film can be a transformative experience. And I want to thank "Gravity," because for many of us involved in this film it was definitely a transformative experience. And it's good because it took so long that if not it would be like a waste of time. And why it really sucks is that while for a lot of these people that transformation was wisdom, for me it was just the color of my hair. I want to share this with all these wise people who made this movie happen. My amazing son and co-writer, Jon?s Cuar?n. Sandra Bullock, Sandy, you're "Gravity." You are the soul, the heart, of the film. You're the most amazing collaborator and one of the best people I ever met. George Clooney, for your absolute trust. David Heyman, Chivo and Tim Webber, for making this film happen. The wise guys of Warner Bros. - the wise people - at Warner Bros.: Kevin Tsujihara, Sue Kroll, Dan Fellman, Greg Silverman, Lynn Harris, Chris deFaria. And the film took so long that we went through two different administrations, so I have to honor as well Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov. Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu and Guillermo del Toro, Gabriela Rodriguez, Steve Rabineau, Henry Holmes, Jim Berkus and Tracey Jacobs. And Christine*. Y como siempre Sheherazade, Bu, Olmo. Y esto es gracias a ti, Mama. Si algo yo por estoy aqui es por ti, y esto es para ti. Te amo. Bye, guys.

Himself - Co-Presenter:
Best Animated Short Film and Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to the Academy for this, all six thousand members. Thank you to the other nominees. All these performances were impeccable in my opinion; I didn't see a false note anywhere. I want to thank Jean-Marc Vall?e, our director. I want to thank Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner, who I worked with daily. There's a few things, about three things, to my account that I need each day. One of 'em is something to look up to. Another is something to look forward to. And another is someone to chase. Now, first off, I want to thank God, 'cause that's who I look up to. He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand. He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late Charlie Laughton*, who said, "When you've got God, you've got a friend. And that friend is you." To my family, that's who and what I look forward to. To my father, who I know is up there right now with a big pot of gumbo. He's got a lemon meringue pie over there. He's probably in his underwear and he's got a cold can of Miller Lite. And he's dancin' right now. To you, Dad, you taught me what it means to be a man. To my mother who's here tonight, who taught me and my two older brothers - demanded - that we respect ourselves, and what we in turn learned was then we were better able to respect others. Thank you for that, Mama. To my wife Camila and my kids, Levi, Vida and Mr. Stone, the courage and significance you give me every day I go out the door is unparalleled. You are the four people in my life that I want to make the most proud of me. Thank you. And to my hero; that's who I chase. Now, when I was 15 years old I had a very important person in my life come to me and say, "Who's your hero?" And I said, I don't know; I gotta think about that. Give me a couple of weeks. I come back two weeks later, this person comes up and says, "Who's your hero?" I said, I thought about it. You know who it is? I said, it's me in 10 years. So I turned 25; ten years later that same person comes to me and goes, "So, are you a hero?" And I was like, not even close! No, no, no. She said, "Why?" I said, because my hero's me at 35. So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that; I know I'm not. And that's just fine with me, because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasin'. So to any of us, whatever those things are: whatever it is we look up to, whatever it is we look forward to, and whoever it is we're chasin'. To that I say: Amen. To that I say: Alright, alright, alright. To that I say: Just keep livin'. Thank you.

Himself - Presenter:
Ordinary Love and Winner: Best Picture: Thank you, all. Thank you for this incredible honor you've bestowed on our film tonight. I know I speak for everyone standing behind me that it has been an absolute privilege to work on Solomon's story. And we all get to stand up here tonight because of one man who brought us all together to tell that story and that is the indomitable Mr. Steve McQueen.

Himself - Nominee:
Best Director and Co-Winner: Best Picture: Oh wow. I'm sorry. I apologize for the paper but otherwise I'll just bore you all. Well, maybe I'll do the same now but I'll try not to. I'd first like to thank the Academy. Thank you so much. There're a lot of people I need to thank so I'll just push on. To my wonderful cast and crew. Plan B. Brad Pitt, who, without him this film would just not have been made. Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas. River Road, Bill Pohlad. New Regency, Arnon Milchan and Brad Weston. Film4, to the great Tessa Ross. And Fox Searchlight, Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley and their fantastic team. My publicist Paula Woods - I'm sorry about this - for her hard work. April Lamb. And my magnificent agents - I have to say this to these, all with these women. I mean, I have all women in my life and they're all the most powerful; my mother, obviously. But this is Maha Dakhil - I can't even pronounce it. Maha, forgive me. I'm nervous, can't pronounce your name. Maha, you know who you are. Beth Swofford, Jenne Casarotto and Jodi Shields. Just give me one more minute. I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon's book. I'd like to thank my partner Bianca Stigter, for unearthing this treasure for me. Finally, I'd like to thank my mother. My mum's up there. Thank you for your hard-headedness, Mum. Thank you. And my children, Alex and Dexter. And my father, thank you. The last word: Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live. This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup. I dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery and the 21 million people who still suffer slavery today. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.


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