Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Urge Action on Climate Change: 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor: 88th Oscar

 

Best Actor Winner Leonardo Dicaprio used his Oscar speech to discuss climate change at the 88th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony.

Thank you, thank you all so very much. Thank you to the academy. Thank you to all of you in this room. I have to congratulate the other incredible nominees this year. On for their unbelievable performances.

The revenant was a product of the tireless efforts of an unbelievable cast and crew I got to work alongside first off to my brother in this endeavor Mr. tom hardy. Tom your fierce talent on screen can only be surpassed by your friendship off screen to Mr. Alejandro Inuritu as the history of cinema unfolds you have forged your way into history these past two years.

What an unbelievable talent you are thank you to you and Chivo for for creating a transcendent cinematic experience for all of us. Thank you to everybody at fox and new regency in particular Arnon Milshon you were the champion of this endeavor my entire team I have to thank everyone from the very onset of my career Mr. Cayton Jones for casting me in my first film Mr. Scorsese for teaching me so much about the cinematic art form to Mr. Rick Yorn thank you for helping me navigate my way through this industry and to my parents none of this would be possible without you and my friends I love you dearly you know who you are and lastly I just want to say this making the revenant was about man's relationship to the natural world a world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. 

"Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinated procrastinating we need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters of the big corporations but who speak for all of humanity for the indigenous people of the world for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who will be most affected by this for our children's children and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted I do not take tonight for granted… "

Thank you so very much.

 

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