优秀奖获奖感言

　　witherspoon: oh, my goodness. never thought id be here in my whole life, growin up in tennessee. i -- i want to say that and had a wonderful tradition of honoring other artists and musicians and singers. and i really feel that tradition tonight. it is very important and -- and i really feel it. so i want to thank the academy for this incredible honor. i want to say thank you to so many people who helped me create this role; everyone at fox, cathy konrad, james keach, for producing the film.

　　a very special thank you to jim mangold who directed the film and also wrote this character, who is a real woman, who has dignity and honor and fear and courage; and shes a real woman. and i really appreciate that. it was an incredible gift that you gave me, so thank you.

　　and t-bone burnett for helping me realize my lifelong of being a country music singer. thank you, t-bone.

　　and i want to say thank you to joaquin phoenix who just put his heart and soul into this performance. his commitment and passion for this character and for this performance was just remarkable, and i feel so to have gone on this journey with you.

　　im so blessed to have my family here tonight. my and my father are here. and i just want to say thank you so much for everything, for being so proud of me. it didnt matter if i was making my bed or makin a movie. they never hesitated to say how proud they were of me, and that means so very much to a child. so, thank you, mom and dad.

　　i want to say thank you to my wonderful husband and my two children -- who should be goin to bed. and thank you for loving me so much and supporting me.

　　i want to say that my -- my grand was one of the biggest inspirations in my life. she taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away.

　　and those were a lot of qualities i saw in . and people used to ask june how -- how she was doin. and she used to say, "im just tryin to matter." and, i know what she means, you know. im just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody. and you have all made me feel that i might have accomplished that tonight. so, thank you so much for this honor.

　　wow. i wish i knew how to quit you. first of all, i want to thank two people who don’t even exist. or i should say, they do exist, because of the imagination of annie proulx and the of larry mcmurtry and diana ossana. their names are ennis and jack. and they taught all of us who made brokeback mountain so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but just as important, the greatness of love itself. thank you. thank you members of the academy for this tremendous honor. and to everyone at focus features, in particular, david linde, james schamus, thank you for your love and support. to bill pohlad, tory metzger, ira schreck , joe dapello, many thanks, and a special david lee. and my wife, jane lin, and my boys, han and mason. i love you. on brokeback mountain, i felt you with me every day. i just did this movie after my father passed away. more than any other, i made this for him. and finally, to my and family, and everybody in Chinese Taiwan, hong kong and china. thank you.

　　cathy: thank you. oh, my gosh. oh, thank you so, so much. what an amazing night. thank you to all of the members of the academy for embracing.