In 1952. Shirley Boothley, who won Best Actress, almost fell when she accidentally tripped on the steps to the awards podium, and said in her next speech, "I've had a long, hard slog to get to the peak of this career." The audience applauded, and her words became the most successful example of oratorical humor.
And Margaret Rutherford, the 1963 Oscar winner for best supporting actress, who turned 72 that year, said modestly, "It seems a little ridiculous to win at such an advanced age, but I hope this is a new beginning in my career."
Hitchcock, the master of suspense, won the Oscar Irving Thielberg Memorial Award in 1967, and at the podium, he said: "Thank you ......" before pausing for half a second to whet everyone's appetite before continuing. "Everyone!" That was all the master of suspense said on the podium.
Ben Johnson won best supporting actor at the 1971 Academy Awards party. When it was his turn to make his acceptance speech, he said fervently, "My words may send shockwaves through the country, and perhaps everyone in the world has taken my words to heart." After a moment's pause, he said, "There couldn't be a better honoree than me."
American
clothing
designer Edith, too, has won several Golden Statues. Once when receiving the award, she looked at the naked golden statue with both eyes and said, "I'm going to take him home and properly design a costume for him."
In 1993, the winner of the best cinematography award at the 65th Academy Awards was the cinematographer of the film "A River Runs Through It," who replied at the podium, "This is the first big fish I've ever caught out of a river."
Makeup artist Valerie O'Reilly, who won the 77th Academy Award for Best Makeup, was also quite flirtatiously cheeky in her acceptance speech: "I'm sorry for making the actors look so bad."
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