Tom Hanks Wins Best Actor: 67th Oscars (1995)

of the many stunning performances last year here are the five nominated for best performance in a leading role I almost opened the envelope too soon because I'm so excited Morgan Freeman in the Shawshank Redemption Tom Hank Gump Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool John John Pulp Fiction and the Oscar goes to Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump foreign thank you uh I'm I'm standing here uh in lieu of my fellow nominees who are just as deserving if not more so of this moment uh I'm standing here because of an army of people who over the course have a back-breaking schedule that was set by Bob zemeckis who worked much harder than I did and had much more at risk if our success if our efforts were not successful I am empowered to stand here thanks to The Ensemble of actors men and women who I shared the screen with who in ways that they will never understand made me a better actor and I am standing here because the woman I share my life with has taught me and demonstrates for me every day just what love is I man I I I I feel as though I'm standing on magic legs in a special effects process shock that is too unbelievable to imagine and far too costly to make a reality but here is my mark and there is where I'm supposed to look and believe me the power and the pleasure and the emotion of this moment is a constant the speed of light it will never be diminished nor will my appreciation and the meaning between two simple words that I can only offer you here thank you God bless you in this room and God bless you all around the world foreign

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Length: 3min 45sec (225 seconds)

Published: Thu May 15 2008