George Clooney

Oscar Acceptance Address for Best Supporting Actor

delivered 5 March 2006

[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio]

Wow. All right, so I'm not winning director.¹ It's funny thing about winning an Academy Award, this will always be sort of synonymous with your name from here on in. It'll be Oscar winner, George Clooney. Sexiest Man Alive, 1997. Batman, died today in a freak accident of a --

Listen, I don't quite know how you compare art. I just -- You look at these performances this year, of these actors and unless we all did the same role -- everybody put on a bat suit, and we'll all try that -- unless we all did the same role, I don't know how you compare it. They are stellar performances and wonderful work, and I'm honored, truly honored to be up here.

And finally, I would say that, you know, we are a little bit out of touch in -- in Hollywood every once in a while, I think. It's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. And we, you know, we -- we bring up subjects....This Academy, this group of people, gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this Academy. Proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch.

And I thank you so much for this.

Book/CDs by Michael E. Eidenmuller, Published by McGraw-Hill (2008)

¹Clooney was also nominated for Best Director for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck.

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