‘Thank you’: 12 of the shortest Oscars speeches ever delivered, from Joe Pesci to Rita Moreno
by Annabel Nugent
Feb 28, 2024
3 minutes
In a missive sent around to Oscar nominees a few years ago, stars were instructed to “read the room” when delivering speeches at the Academy Awards. Translation: Get off the stage before the orchestra is forced to awkwardly play you out.
In 1943, Greer Garson set a Guinness World Record for Longest Oscars Acceptance Speech, with her address upon accepting her Best Actress award forMrs Miniver clocking in at five and a half minutes.
Garson isn’t the only winner guilty of have all ignored the 45-second limit and consequently found themselves at the receiving end of a passive aggressive “Will you wrap this up?” stare.
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