Anthony Hopkins Academy Awards Acceptance Speech: 1991

Photo By: EL PAÍS in English

Kathy Bates presenting Anthony Hopkins with the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "The Silence of the Lambs" at the 64th Academy Awards® in 1992.

My God. I can't believe it. This is really unexpected. It's a great honor to be here, especially with such great actors like Nick Nolte and Warren Beatty and Robin Williams, Robert De Niro.

First of all, before I say on I want to say hello to my mother. She is in Wales watching this on television with Eve and Jean and Jill and Tony. My father died eleven years ago tonight; so maybe he had something to do with this as well, I don't know. But I want to say thank you to the Academy for your tremendous generosity. To my friend Bob Palmer, my friend and publicist. My dear, beloved wife Jenni. And I have many people to thank here in Los Angeles who over the years have given me tremendous support, without whose help I wouldn't be here, I know. And I am greatly honored and tremendously moved. And I God bless you all.

Thank you very much.

 

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