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Writer: shumster23
A lot of people say, results matter the most, hence, my presence up on the stage at this moment.
But I say, the progress is what made me. The progress is the most important. It matters how I got here.
Thank you to all that were by my side through my progress.
Congratulations, shumster23! What a great, thoughtful sentiment in your speech--it's one I'd like to hear on that big stage. Feel free to put a One-Minute Writer WINNER! button on your blog(s)!
39 comments:
Thank you.
I'd like to thank my plastic surgeon, my 93 year old billionaire husband who finances all my movies & the girl at Starbacks who told me : Just be yourself....
I have never dreamed I would end up here, Facing the crowed instead of staring at the stage. Thank you for being there for my best, and sticking beside me at my worst. Thank you mom, for trusting, guiding and supporting me, even though i haven't always deserved it.. It is because of her that i am here today.
i have no one to thank but myself- the same as if i had lost, i have no one to blame but myself.
Lisax
Guided by the words of FDR who said, "Be sincere, be brief, be seated." I would stand up and say "Thank you for voting for me. God bless you. Good night."
Guided by the words of FDR who said, "Be sincere, be brief, be seated." I would stand up and say "Thank you for voting for me. God bless you. Good night."
WEll, As I am not planning on being back here, BEEPyou academy
(oh, and heath didn't deserve it)
walks away to a stunned crowd
Thank you to all the actors of the academy..who inspired me,Heck if you can act...sure can I!
Thank you to my critics...I love you too!
And above all..I thank God..for how good my hair looks today!
Since when did they give Oscars for teaching? Well, um, thanks for the recognition. I guess I do perform in front of a very tough crowd for several hours a day ... can I start getting a Hollywood salary now?
Thank you, Thank you.
It's so nice to finally be given an award for pretending to be something I'm not!
I supose I should thank my lucky stars that Sean Penn wasn't nominated this year, shouldn't I?
Gimme.
I owe it all to my good friends at Mattel. :)
I would never have guessed my thirtieth screenplay would be the one to sell. So this one is for all of you aspiring writers out there:
NEVER GIVE UP!
First of all, I don't desire to be an actress...BUT, if given an award, I'd say, "Thank you LORD for giving me the talent...all the glory belongs to YOU alone because without you, I am nothing...I have nothing."
I'd like to thank all the little people. of course from up here on this WONDERFUL stage, you are ALL little people! Thank you...
Thank you to all who supported me. Thank you to all who believed in me, even when I didn't. Thank you to the Universe for giving me all the gifts I have been granted. Thank you for the joy I feel when I put pen to paper and, as Hemmingway has said, simply bleed.
Thanks for this prompt, Beth. I thought I'd approach this as fiction - naturally, as I haven't won an award from the Academy lately (I'm not in disguise here). But as I began typing, it became a thank you 'in the future.' A thank you to all those who I know will help along the way to wherever my writing takes me. That was surprisingly gratifying and encouraging. I'll say that was due to your great insight, ok? ;-)
Thank you! (hushing applause and standing ovations) I really and truly do not know what to say. It never entered my head that I could win this award. Yet here I am, apparently. And of course I don't want to insult anyone by questioning their decision to vote for me - so what can I do but accept that I must have deserved it? Yippee!
A lot of people say, results matter the most, hence, my presence up on the stage at this moment.
But I say, the progress is what made me. The progress is the most important. It matters how I got here.
Thank you to all that were by my side through my progress.
My words, unrecognizable as true language, emanated from my vocal chords and became split, twisted and enveloped in tears and impenetrable shock while I gulped and gasped for more air to breathe.
Then, horror of horrors, I passed out as my beautifully sequined, teal gown moved to the floor with me.
It was too much to take in, really...to imagine that my creative work was accepted by my peers.
Or, even more than that, that I was accepted.
"Thank you."
I'd like to thank the Academy. I'd like to say thanks to all the little people, because they're always reminding me to think of them. I mostly would like to take the time to thank.. well, the Academy, because in fact, there would be no little Oscar guy in my hand here, without it. Or the music. OR the stage. I'd have nowhere to stand, as I accept! No podium! Where would I sit?!
I'd like to thank the Academy.
"You like me, you really, really like me!" No, too cliche`.
"I'd like to thank God and my family." No, too predictable.
"This would not be possible without blah-blah-blah." No, too corny.
"Thank you." No, too short.
CRASH - me falling to the floor. Ah, this would be me because I would faint with disbelief.
I would thank God, the Academy, the cast and crew, my family and friends.
"Thank you"
Then I would personally thank each and every person who helped me along the way, in person, face to face after the awards show.
"Before I thank anyone else, I need to thank my wonderful, supportive, gorgeous husband and the father of our 4 beautiful children...George Clooney."
Years of thinking and working on project can't prepare you for this moment. I am so so so honored and I have so many people to thank. For now I want to thank ________ (all those directly involved, my family and my friends. The support you gave me motivated me to do the best I could. For the rest of you, you better believe you'll get a thank you in person. THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who made this available, from the earliest times until now. I am blessed to have benefited from your tutelage and love. Good night.
Who? Me? Well it's all thanks to One Minute Writer - what more can I say?
Thank you so much, now the movie that no one was excited about will become famous overnight and I have you to thank for that. All the crushed egos can now hike their consulting fees, the scripts to review will skyrocket and truly one of the most obtuse movies every created will shine as the sun and I will become the gifted actor...the guru of Hollywood my mother always told me I could be. Where were you before I got the award? I am the same person I was before...same talent...same dreams...all at once now I am the god of 90210? Give me a break!
Dan
The Award
Act 1, Scene I
[In the Great Hall]
Announcer
The winner of the award for making merry
Is the one and only J Cosmo Newbery!
[Orchestral flourish, Newbery bounds onto the stage.]
Newbery
Members of the Academy
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Firstly, I would like to thanks
The midwife, I believe her name was Gwen.
No, actually, to do things properly
I should go right back
To the man who introduce my parents,
Granny’s brother Jack.
My Dad, of course, gets my thanks,
He was a super bloke.
And thanks should go to Bonko,
Makers of the rubber that fortuitously broke.
My mother was such a caring soul,
A protective mother hen;
And then there was the midwife,
No, sorry, I’ve already mentioned Gwen.
Next there was the nurse
Who carried me to the door,
For “safety reasons” she said
But Dad was never sure.
He felt she’d pulled a swifty,
And somehow changed me for another
But no one else believed this tale.
Especially not my mother.
(Curtain falls. Sounds of scuffling.)
Act 1, Scene II.
[On the back steps of the Great Hall]
Newbery
Next , there was my best mate, Dave,
Who taught me to catch tadpole in a jar
And John Wilson taught me a thing or two
When he was run down by a car.
And Janet, Lisa and Jennifer,
Playmates and all good sorts,
But not Elizabeth Baker, who’d sneak up
From behind and rudely drop our shorts.
(scene fades)
"I'm feeling a mixture of emotion. Gratitude is one of them, and irony is another. Because winning this award doesn't make me a better person that I was. It only means that people with influence think I'm special. The only bearing it will have on my career is the amount of work I will receive. Now this doesn't mean I'm insulted or resentful, in fact I'm very flattered to be considered 'big time' by the Academy. I simply don't need the validation of others to define myself. It's just a fancy statue. Thank you."
Sob, "I'm sorry,"
Sob some more
....and some more, "I'm really...sniff...sorry,"
Screech
More sobs follow
and then, as the music swells to prompt me to get it over with, a high pitched and almost too soft to hear, "Thank you."
"Thank you" to all who considered my efforts deserved this award. Thank you so much...I can't believe it...oh my 'sob, sob.. black mascara cascade down my cheeks in the river of tears...Anyone got a tissue?
I want to thank to all the members of the Academy I paid to vote for me, all the guys in black outfits I paid to sneek into the Academy and put more votes for me in the ballot and all the other felow nominated actresses for not beeing as good as me.
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Whoooooohhhhhhooooooooooooo!
2nd choice answer as my first choice went came in first! "Thank you" :-)
He scribbled it on the grocery receipt Laura left in the fruit bowl on the table. The oranges were starting to go soft, so a discolored smudge was at the top of the thin paper, near the store name and date: Frederick's Foodsaver, February 23, 2009. In his neat handwriting he began writing: Jimmy, Tom, Lucy, macaroni and cheese, chess, Japan, Twinkies (not low-fat), and the late Jim Henson. He stuffed it inside his jean jacket, put on his stocking cap and as he got into his car he wished he would have remembered to get the rest of the Twinkies back from Laura, those award shows never had Hostess.
(By the way - thanks so much for telling me about the comment situation on my blog! I only saw your comment today!)
Mandy
I would say, "C. CAT! MY MIDDLE NAME!"
let them make sense of that!
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