No Gwyneth Paltrow Sobbing Allowed! – The Ten Best Oscar Speeches

Ahead of this weekend’s 85^th Academy Award ceremony, we take a look back at some of the best speeches from Oscar winners. How incredibly adorable are Ben Affleck and Matt Damon?!

10.  George Clooney

Clooney took the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2006 for his role in Syriana and made this very touching speech. Oh George, swoon...

9. Emma Thompson

Few are aware that the wonderful Thompson is also quite the talented screenwriter, so talented in fact that she picked up the Oscar for adapting Sense and Sensibility. She’s also quite funny...

8. Adrien Brody

Yes, someone was up against Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor and won! A rare event nowadays... Oh, and he managed to stop the band from playing him off the stage! You might need the tissues...

7. Roberto Benigni

We dare you to get through this one without hugging your computer screen....

6. Whoopi Goldberg

We love Whoopi, we love Ghost and we love this speech...

5. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

From Grafton Street to the Academy Awards stage, we suddenly heard Irish from the Academy Award stage... And then Glen wouldn’t let Marketa talk!

4. Heath Ledger

Ledger was named the Best Supporting Actor in 2009 which his family accepted for him following his untimely death... Certainly deserved and incredibly touching, this is another tissues affair!

3. Martin Scorsese

Everything was right about this one, the fact that Scorsese FINALLY won a Best Director Oscar and that some of the greats presented it to him! There’s a lot of love for Marty and from this speech you can see why...

2. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

Because this is what the Oscars should be all about, young and talented award winners...who just happen to be incredibly ecstatic. Affleck and Damon picked up the award for the screenplay for Good Will Hunting.

1. Cuba Gooding Jnr.

Because no-one in the history of Award ceremonies has ever been this excited... Ever. Look at the normal looking Tom Cruise too!