Cuba Gooding Jr., 1997
An ordinary speech demands you to be alert, pay attention, and maybe feel a little happy for the guy giving it. Cuba Gooding Jr.'s acceptance for Best Supporting Actor in Jerry Maguire was not ordinary. His words were blisteringly joyful, with each shoutout he gave a taste of what it feels like to have your biggest dreams, the earliest childhood fantasies validated and come to life. The walk-off music only made it sound more epic.Tom Hanks, 1994
Once known strictly for comedy, Tom Hanks turned that business right around with his Best Actor win for Philadelphia, portraying a closeted lawyer diagnosed with AIDS. From Hanks' acceptance speech: "Mr. Rawley Farnsworth, who was my high school drama teacher, who taught me to act well the part, there all the glory lies. And one of my classmates under Mr. Farnsworth, Mr. John Gilkerson. I mention their names because they are two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with, to fall under their inspiration at such a young age." The problem? Farnsworth had yet to come out as gay. The blunder later inspired the Kevin Kline joint, In & Out.Sally Field, 1985
We've all heard this one: Sally Field, Best Actress winner for Places in the Heart. The effusive Field on stage accepting the Oscar, blurting: "You like me, you really like me!" But just like Star Wars' "Luke, I am your father" or Jaws' "We're gonna need a bigger boat", the line is a misquote. What Field really said: "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" Her line is also a sly reference to her Norma Rae character (the Academy previously awarded her for the role) but what everyone saw was Field's wildly earnest attitude, ripened for parody.Adrien Brody, 2003
"I bet they didn't tell you that was in the gift bag," Adrien Brody mused after planting a passionate smooch on Halle Berry as he took the stage for Best Actor in The Pianist. The Brooklyn bro turned tortured Polish artist then followed up with a long speech detailing what he learned from the role, including the horrors and price of war. Then, taking his role as a musician one step further, Brody was able to completely shut down the orchestra, chiding, "Cut it out, cut it out."Roberto Benigni, 1998
Roberto Benigni won Best Foreign Film for his Holocaust tragicomedy, Life is Beautiful. The giddy and ecstatic Italian famously hopped on some seats and greeted the crowd, whom he told he wanted to kiss while accepting the statue. During his speech for his Best Actor win, he remaked, "There must be some terrible mistake! I used up all my English!" When presenting the Best Actress nominee the following year, Benigni was accompanied by Billy Crystal holding a giant net for restraint.Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1926815/news/1926815/
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