We’ve ranked 19 distinct categories of Oscar speeches, from least to most entertaining
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Oscars Try as they might, Oscars producers and ABC can’t cut the entire business of presenting awards from the show. Trophies will still be presented and handed out, followed presumably by acceptance speeches. Ariana DeBose may have to pre-record some remarks while ABC pays the Spider-Men to take the stage and hype up the Oscars Fan Favorite award, who knows. But for those of us who love the Oscars, we’re in it for the speeches.
The most infamous of these moments came at the 1973 Oscars when Marlon Brando refused his Best Actor award for The Godfather and sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to convey his reasoning, which was Hollywood’s historical treatment of Native Americans in film. 13. The Rambler Overlong Oscar speeches can live on in infamy. It’s been nearly 80 years and we’re still hearing about Greer Garson’s legendary five-minute-plus speech when she won Best Actress for Mrs. Miniver. While Oscar producers have itchy trigger fingers when it comes to playing rambling speeches off the stage, that tactic is usually off limits for the big categories, so that momentous occasions such as Al Pacino finally winning an Oscar in 1993 can play out at their leisure.
9. The Five-Word-Or-Under Speech These ones are likely the faves of the Oscar producers, forever with their eyes on the clock. And they certainly allow the Oscar winner to make it off the stage without having said anything dumb. Patty Duke’s 1963 Best Supporting Actress win for The Miracle Worker was accepted with a simple “Thank you.” Joe Pesci was positively verbose by comparison when he won for Goodfellas in 1991, saying “It’s my privilege, thank you” and walking offstage.
6. The Physical Stunt The Academy Awards are not a contact sport, but sometimes an acceptance speech can involve more than just words. This can start in the auditorium when the winner’s name is called. Roberto Benigni leaped atop the back of his chair and stood astride Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw when he won his Oscar for Life Is Beautiful in 1999. The next year, Angelina Jolie freaked everybody out by kissing her brother before ascending to the stage to accept her Oscar.
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