Most Inspiring Oscar Speeches of All Time

pItandrsquo;s that time of the year again when one part of the world gathers to celebrate the euphoria of cinema, while the other part literally wakes up to smell some coffee and applaud the very movies and some mind-blowing performances. Year after year, cinema-goers are treated to inspiring speeches by their favourite stars that seem relevant even decades later./p pandnbsp;/p pOn that note, scroll through our list of memorable Oscar speeches to refresh your memory! andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongMarlon Brando in 1972 (or not!)/strong/p pIn 1972, Marlon Brando was awarded Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather. However, it wasnandrsquo;t Brando, but a lady named Sacheen Littlefinger who made it to the stage to, brace yourselves, turn down the award on the actorandrsquo;s behalf. That year, Brando refused to accept the award as a show of strength to American Indians, who, Littlefeather claimed in her short speech, were being treated unfairly and shown in poor light in movies and on television. Littlefeather walked off the stage to boos and discouragement.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pIn fact, Brand had handed over a 15-page letter to Littlefeather that she read out to the press backstage. After the incident, the Academy stopped the practice of allowing proxies to accept awards on behalf of recipients.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QUacU0I4yU" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongCuba Gooding Jr. in 1997/strong/p pCuba Gooding Jrandrsquo;s acceptance speech for winning the Best Supporting Oscar for Jerry Maguire isnandrsquo;t as andlsquo;powerfulandrsquo; as his competitorsandrsquo; on this list. But there was something so infectiously happy about his speech that we couldnandrsquo;t help but have him on the list.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pGooding evidently seemed on top of the world for winning the award; there was something so affable about the fact that he couldnandrsquo;t hold his list of people he wanted to thank, despite the walk-off music playing for him. Watching this will instantly make you happy!andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cnCMqr1QRQw" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongHalle Berry in 2002/strong/p pNow, this win was big for Halle Berry as anandnbsp;actress in a lead role for Monsterandrsquo;s Ball; it was Berryandrsquo;s first Oscar. So elated was she at her victory, it took her a while to actually say a few words. She was received on stage with a standing ovation, amidst happy tears and unending applause. She began her speech highlighting how the victory was bigger than her. She went onto say, andlsquo;This is for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.andrsquo;andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pIt was truly an emotional ride for the actress and the auditorium full of people.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/llgL7mGYVTI" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongLupita Nyongandrsquo;o in 2014/strong/p pIn 2014, Nyongandrsquo;o won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave. The actress began her speech acknowledging the pain and suffering of the woman she portrayed, eventually ending her speech with a rather inspiring statement, andlsquo;When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where youandrsquo;re from, your dreams are valid.andrsquo;/p pandnbsp;/p pShe did manage to get everyone teary-eyed in the room.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/73fz_uK-vhs" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongPatricia Arquette in 2015/strong/p pIn 2015, Arquette won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Boyhood, a movie that took 12 long years to complete. Through her acceptance speech, the actress sparked the beginning of a revolution in Hollywood, with actresses fighting for equal pay for women in the film business.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pHer speech was wholeheartedly applauded by the likes of Meryl Streep.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wx-Qh4Vczc" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongLeonardo DiCaprio in 2016/strong/p pWhat can one day about this one, except for the fact that we saved the best for the last? The world isnandrsquo;t unaware of DiCaprioandrsquo;s calibre as an actor, but somehow the golden man had been playing peekaboo with the actor until 2016 when the actor won the 2016 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Revenant. Leo was first nominated at 19 for Best Supporting Actor for What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and has since been nominated repeatedly but could never win.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pWhile the victory itself was one for the record books, his speech had the world glued and emotional; the poignant points he made about the environment only added to the mood.andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p piframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpyrefzvTpI" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"/iframe/p pandnbsp;/p pImages via Getty Images/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongMore On andgt;andgt;andnbsp;/strongstronga href="http://www.luxpresso.com/lifestyle" target="_blank"Lifestyle/aandnbsp;/strong/p

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