Robin Williams Wins Supporting Actor: 1998 Oscars

a bail bondsman former president a psychologist a contemporary artist and a porn producer sounds like the lineup for politically incorrect in reality their characters all brilliantly portrayed by our five nominees for Best Actor in a supporting role Robert Forester and Jackie Brown Anthony Hopkins in Amistad greg kinnear in as good as it gets [Music] Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights [Music] Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting [Applause] and the Oscar goes to Robin Williams [Applause] previously denominator this is his first Academy Award [Music] [Applause] [Applause] thank you oh man this might be the one time I'm speechless oh thank you so much for this incredible honor thank you for putting me in a category with these four extraordinary men Thank You Ben and Matt I still want to see some ID thank you guys fans and for being so subtle you're almost subliminal I want to thank the cast and crew especially the people of South Boston you're a can of corn you're the best I uh I want to thank the muskoka Weinstein Mazel Tov and I want to thank Marcia for being the woman who lights my soul on fire every morning god bless you and most of all I want to I want to thank my father up there the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor he said wonderful just have a backup profession like welding thank you god bless you [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 2min 59sec (179 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 04 2010

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[u/klsi832]

Matt and Ben winning

[u/tide_reflects_sky]

This category was seriously stacked that year

[u/Johnny5O]

i love it how anthony hopkins kept a straight face even though he lost ><

[u/Rostifer]

TIL that in 1998, Burt Reynolds went to the Oscars dressed as Sean Connery.

[u/Soltheron]

I didn't see that movie until last year, and it just completely blew me away. I had to pause after this absolutely amazing scene (if you haven't watched the movie, disregard this and go watch it!):

Sean: So if I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life's work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling...seen that.

If I ask you about women, you'd probably give me a syllabus about your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy.

You're a tough kid. And I'd ask you about war, you'd probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, "once more unto the breach dear friends." But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap, watch him gasp his last breath looking to you for help.

I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in the hospital room for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes, that the terms "visiting hours" don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you... I don't see an intelligent, confident man... I see a cocky, scared shitless kid.

But you're a genius Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine, and you ripped my fucking life apart. You're an orphan right?

[Will nods]

Sean: You think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you? Personally... I don't give a shit about all that, because you know what, I can't learn anything from you, I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you want to talk about you, who you are. Then I'm fascinated. I'm in. But you don't want to do that, do you sport? You're terrified of what you might say. Your move, chief.

The power of Robin Williams' performance (and the writing) in this scene completely knocked the wind out of me. I had to pause the movie to recollect my thoughts, and I think it might be one of the best performances I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

[u/ThorsteinStaffstruck]

Did you see him channeling Groucho Marx there at the end? True to his roots.

[u/cuidadollamas]

His discussion of winning the Oscar from "Inside the actor's studio" was interesting to see his take on what he was feeling.

[u/cristo1838]

I had completely forgotten about Mira Sorvino. She was gorgeous.

[u/lost_seabee]

Affleck was the bomb in phantoms