Remember, Oscar Winners: Your Speech Is A Performance

“This Sunday, some of the world’s most famous actors will face the most treacherous moment of their careers–that is, if they happen to win an Oscar. Because then they’ll have to give a speech. In theory, this shouldn’t be hard: You stand up; you say thanks; you sit down. Yet the shoals of stardom are littered with careers that have run aground thanks to catastrophic speeches.”