"When you're a broke actor, you can't write. You can't paint. You have to practice accents while driving a taxi cab." Wow, so many feels. How thoughtful of him to figuratively share his Oscar win with the other nominees.
"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Such a class act money can't buy, Mr. Hoffman.
I became a fan when I saw Tootsie and now Dustin Hoffman is definitely one of my favorite actors. May he NEVER retire - you hear that, ageist Casting Directors? Forget your Seth Rogens and that fat kid in 21 Jump Street, Dustin's one of the best!
This movie came out around the same time my wife of seventeen years decided to "go find herself". I was left with my ten year old son. So this movie drove a stake in my already broken heart. The bright side of it though, I kept my son and raised him with the help of family members.
And notice how he was going around hugging and kissing other actors and actresses, including fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, before going on stage. He sincerely seemed to want this to be about all of them, not just him. He did the same thing when he won again nine years later, in 1989.
I am SO proud of their refusal to underate😊 Kramer vs. Kramer, for it was SO relevant with the mediocre world, and the social issue of the tragedy of div😢rce.💔❤️🩹💔
Over thirty odd years since Hoffman made that speech, it is still deeply emotional and meaningful. Love the look on Jack Lemmon's face after the speech was made, it tells you all you need to know about the great man.
"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Beautiful words and so far the best Oscar speech ever.
That speech made me cry and I clapped. It was very touching and perhaps the greatest speech at the Oscars. He honoured and acknowledged the little people. I loved Kramer vs Kramer. The great Meryl Streep put in an outstanding performance.
Totally agree. This is the greatest Oscar speech. Also when his name was called. Kissing the people around him, to the theme. The kid and streep. The theme seemed to work perfectly at that moment and has he ascended up the stairs. Then the speech itself was miraculous.
+Jack Leo Only very good ?? Ms. Streep is probably the finest American actress ever. Every character role she plays, she totally makes you believe that she IS that person. Even when the movie itself isn't so great, Meryl is always superlative.
Robert Bykowski obviously! she is the best actress of all times (including actors), nobody can defeat her, Robert de Niro maybe sometimes, but no one else)
What a respected league of legends/actors to be nominated with....Dustin, great speech, classy, classy guy.....we sure don't have this prestige anymore nowadays.
Hoffman has reaffirmed my love of his acting abilities and as a person accepting this oscar he has shown how humble he is, unlike those today who are just full of themselves.
One of my favorite acceptance speeches of all time. The greater the actor, the greater his humility. His ‘we are all in this together attitude’ reflects on his decency as an individual and as an artist. Although actors often are in competition with one another, they basically all go through the same agonizing process of being prepared for years for an opportunity that may not come. That is why I respect the acting profession so very much. And I am one of those audience members who wish I had the capability and gutsiness to do the same. Behind all the hoopla, glitz and often phony glamour, are some very real people who are truly gifted.
As a struggling, starving actress, I absolutely felt this in my bones. Being a successful actor really means getting the work and given a chance. Chance. It is all luck. And if we get that chance to just have the work and not broke, we're happy. But to be recognized amongst our peers is a beautiful moment. Thank you Dustin for speaking for us.
"Gwin DeMatteo" yes, now a days they are giving Oscars to actors and/or producers and/or directors ( etc) for being a certain gender or race or ethnicity rather than the content of the work
@@MattSingh1 great performances from him but we now have to read about ,if true, his utter contempt for women and ,for me,these speeches! their cringing piety.
Matthew Singh-Dosanjh they’ve lost their class because the politicization of Hollywood has caused everyone who wins or presents at the Oscars to fake and appear like they actually stand for some profound social movement that they don’t really give two shits about and neither does anybody else.
Bay is Bae the Oscar ceremony was political long before it may or not be nowadays. Just two years prior to this ceremony, Vanessa Redgrave was booed for her political statements. In 1975, a statement was read by the winning documentary director from the Vietcong, prompting outrage. In 1973, Marlon Brando refused his Oscar and sent a Native American woman to refuse on his behalf.
What a beautiful speech! The best I have seen. Is there anything the Mr. Hoffman can't do? Grace , poise , brilliance, humility all in a just a few sentences. Class apart!!!!!!!!
Mr Hoffman gave a memorable speech. I wanted to share my favorite scene in the film. A father writes the pros and cons of getting his child after all the problems which come from losing his support. He holds his son close it gets me every time
@@sharonjensen3016 Every child needs their Mother and Father. Boy or girl. Males and females are yin and yang - we are wholly different, but we need each other. Nature tells us that we need each other and it’s true.
Singer RB it was great acting in such a poignant film about the heartbreaking and tough social issue of divorce, which, in a way, is similar to death. 💔⚱️
The way he treated Meryl in the making of this film (and seemingly many other actresses on other sets) was unacceptable, but this one is my favorite oscars speech ever.
Such an amazing speech. So humble & heartfelt. Its moments like this & actors like Dustin that help realize that, for some, theres more to Hollywood than the glitz & glamor, fame & fortune. Its a passion, its an art.
+Nick Mayor He's given infinitely better performances than Lenny Bruce and even if he had won for it, he probably would have turned the award down because he was going thru a really snotty, self-righteous period. He had mellowed with age by the time he accepted for Rain Man. Got it out of his system, apparently.
His acceptance speech was very funny, intelligent, and very moving. I enjoyed Dustin Hoffman's performance in "Kramer vs Kramer". His acknowledgement of the other nominees was amazing and incredibly touching.
One of the most heartfelt and greatest Oscar speeches of them all by Hoffman. It was relevant then and absolutely relevant now, more than ever in all industries. Those list of great all time classic films of the 1970s, what a decade, one of the very best for film in my opinion. And wasn't Jane Fonda the ultimate vixen back then, so beautiful looking.
All these men are legends and their performances that year were masterful. But, without taking anything from Hoffman, I think Sellers was the most deserving
Wow! I've still got tears in my eyes 2 minutes after listening to Dustin's acceptance speech. Tremendously humble, witty and candid. We don't realise how many actors never make it. I haven't watched Kramer v Kramer for many years, not since the first time. To some of us, and we are many, this movie is one we can relate to more than most. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellars, Roy Scheider. The great days of Hollywood!
Truer words have never been spoken about the exclusive club of A-list actors and the Hollywood media engine that markets them as American royalty. So many amazing struggling actors we never get to see because of a bizarre culture obsessed iconic worship that keeps us paying to see the same select actors over and over again. I'm glad these words were spoken by one of my favorite actors from an age when Hollywood and the world produced the best films. Thank you Dustin, I couldn't have said it better,... you are truly A-list all the way.
None of the kids growing up in this age, where their lives revolve around social media and instant gratification, will be able to grasp the point made in this speech. Fame and self-recognition means nothing without the selfless acts made by the people behind the scenes. In light of this statement, thank you mom and dad for sacrificing your futures so that I could have mine.
Holy crap. What a group of five nominees.
IKR!!!! talent and good movies flowed on those years!!!! what happened?
Jeremy Barger the lead actor category at the oscars in '95 was pretty stacked with great performances
haruno21 yaa I know, Idk wat happened
yeah and three of them cant even show up, so they deserved to not win... even Roy
and barely any of them were there.....
has to be one of THE BEST Oscar Award winning "speeches." EVER.
Super underrated speech for sure.
Even Johnny Carson was choked up. I love Dustin Hoffmann.
Concur.
Who just got done watching "Kramer VS Kramer", and came to this....? ;-)
Me
Me too lol
Me
@@richaverma23 Did you like it ?
Me
"When you're a broke actor, you can't write. You can't paint. You have to practice accents while driving a taxi cab." Wow, so many feels. How thoughtful of him to figuratively share his Oscar win with the other nominees.
The opening montage of Tootsie depicts his lean acting years well.
@@RollingOrmond yes yes just watched it twice in as many days
Or doing Postmates 😭
What a great ”little” man he is!! (The best.)
when actors weren't about the money
i love his mothers expression after the speech: "That's my boy!!"
wingsandash “thank my parents for fucking that night without protection ‘
This is a prime example of how a gentleman accepts an award and gives a "Thank You" speech. Well done, Sir.
It's the only one of its kind and never been close to duplicated.
His mother couldn't believe it, she looked so happy. Great speech
"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Such a class act money can't buy, Mr. Hoffman.
Never has any actor colored an ordinary man as beautifully as Dustin colored Ted Kramer.
+jihan27able
Hard to argue with that.
I became a fan when I saw Tootsie and now Dustin Hoffman is definitely one of my favorite actors. May he NEVER retire - you hear that, ageist Casting Directors? Forget your Seth Rogens and that fat kid in 21 Jump Street, Dustin's one of the best!
Still, to this day, the greatest Oscar acceptance speech of all time.
+haroof
My thoughts as well.
+haroof Bullshit. That honor would go to Gary Cooper who, winning for Sergeant York, said simply, "Shucks" and left the stage. If only more would...
+haroof couldn't agree more
Matthew McConaughey's speech for Dallas Buyer's Club.
Matthew McConaughey is my favorite actor today, but his speech is too personal, not even close to this one, just my opinion.
This movie came out around the same time my wife of seventeen years decided to "go find herself". I was left with my ten year old son. So this movie drove a stake in my already broken heart. The bright side of it though, I kept my son and raised him with the help of family members.
Good for you sir..That movie was so realistic and memorable.
Dads are the biggest influence on a young boys life...keep up the good work
You are your son's award...
And, sir, you deserve your own - with your own ceremony.
Bless you always.
👏👏👏👏👏
good for you, most important job you will ever have
Omg I adore him, what a lovely speech. There isn't that much humility in Hollywood these days.
Humility*
+Waldorfdarling It's a matter of having experienced legitimate adversity and not forgetting it.
+Peter Sinanan Thank you, I corrected it.
+Steve Mattos Maybe.
And notice how he was going around hugging and kissing other actors and actresses, including fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, before going on stage. He sincerely seemed to want this to be about all of them, not just him. He did the same thing when he won again nine years later, in 1989.
Hoffman in the 70s was like gold, his acting was AMAZING.
I think his role in ‘Meet the Fockers’ is highly underrated.
He is by far, the most classiest, most honest, loyal human being.
His performance in Kramer vs Kramer was so real and touching !!
A well deserved oscar !
I am SO proud of their refusal to underate😊 Kramer vs. Kramer, for it was SO relevant with the mediocre world, and the social issue of the tragedy of div😢rce.💔❤️🩹💔
I laughed at the beginning of the speech and left with tears in the end. His speech is just wow.
Me too 🙏
Over thirty odd years since Hoffman made that speech, it is still deeply emotional and meaningful. Love the look on Jack Lemmon's face after the speech was made, it tells you all you need to know about the great man.
DUSTIN HOFFMAN IS A CREEP WITH WOMEN
Definitely true
lemmon had enough of winning Oscars when he won Best Actor for Save the Tiger..he was like "Two is enough for me, now imma smile to see others win😊"
Such honesty, humility, and all spoken with such raw and sensitive emotion that is trade mark Dustin Hoffman. That's why we love him.
HE IS A CREEP WITH WOMEN
Jane speaks so beautifully, I love her reading of tributes
"Dave Wilson" some people's political views get in the way
The oscars should have kept the way in the acting awards
Having the presenter announced the acting nominees and their history of performances
His Oscar speech deserves an Oscar
"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Beautiful words and so far the best Oscar speech ever.
Streep was gorgeous in 1980
Still is!!
+mxshkn31 No, she is old.
+DaleRobby rear Charming.
+Ben Emberley I agree. A highly regarded actress, but always an underrated beauty.
+DaleRobby rear You will be too someday unless you die young. Those are your two choices. And Meryl is ageless.
That speech made me cry and I clapped. It was very touching and perhaps the greatest speech at the Oscars. He honoured and acknowledged the little people. I loved Kramer vs Kramer. The great Meryl Streep put in an outstanding performance.
This was just the beginning for Meryl Streep.
One of the greatest acceptance speeches ever.
close to adrian brody
Best. Oscar Speech. Ever. Top shelf all the way.
Totally agree. This is the greatest Oscar speech. Also when his name was called. Kissing the people around him, to the theme. The kid and streep. The theme seemed to work perfectly at that moment and has he ascended up the stairs. Then the speech itself was miraculous.
Meryl Streep was so beautiful and cute, I love her till now, she always has been a very good actress
+Jack Leo Only very good ?? Ms. Streep is probably the finest American actress ever. Every character role she plays, she totally makes you believe that she IS that person. Even when the movie itself isn't so great, Meryl is always superlative.
Robert Bykowski obviously! she is the best actress of all times (including actors), nobody can defeat her, Robert de Niro maybe sometimes, but no one else)
+Jack Leo Robert, jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, etc.
+NickAndTommyFight De Niro only. The rest sit in the back seat.
+Jack Leo It's always good to hear my Meryl praised to the skies. Glad you all appreciate her so.
Jane Fonda looks beautiful!
Brooke, I was just thinking the same thing.
Hot and sexy
I didnt want to believe it's her... is that bad?
Jane Fonda looks here like Melanie Griffith or oposite...
Yes very lovely Jane
He EARNED those proud looks on the faces of his mother and Jack Lemmon at the end. What a speech.
Lemmon is a icon
What a respected league of legends/actors to be nominated with....Dustin, great speech, classy, classy guy.....we sure don't have this prestige anymore nowadays.
Love how he kissed the kid who plays his son. ♥️ You can see he really loves him
"Asma Haque" He had to kiss everybody
Even Meryl got kissed by Dustin, despite accounts saying he gave her a hard time during filming.
Hoffman has reaffirmed my love of his acting abilities and as a person accepting this oscar he has shown how humble he is, unlike those today who are just full of themselves.
What a beautiful and gracious acceptance speech. Hoffman is one of my favourite actors. Hes so talented and yet so humble. I love watching his films.
One of my favorite acceptance speeches of all time. The
greater the actor, the greater his humility. His ‘we are all in this together
attitude’ reflects on his decency as an individual and as an artist. Although
actors often are in competition with one another, they basically all go through
the same agonizing process of being prepared for years for an opportunity that
may not come. That is why I respect the
acting profession so very much. And I am one of those audience members who wish
I had the capability and gutsiness to do the same. Behind all the hoopla, glitz
and often phony glamour, are some very real people who are truly gifted.
Undoubtedly one of the best Oscar speech ever.
This speech was beautiful! He should have won an Oscar for Tootsie.
How could any sentient being not like Dustin Hoffman?
Best OSCAR speech ever!!!
what a line-up of nominees, damn. Strong performances too
Culprit LA None better!
Well deserved Dustin Hoffman was brilliant in Kramer Vs. Kramer
Must be one of the most heartfelt moving and true speech I’ve ever heard!!! Marvellous job Dustin Hoffman!!!
God, what a beautiful speech. A well-deserved Oscar. Great actor who played a great man.
A marvelously honest and heartfelt speech. I wish more acceptance speeches were as sincere and thoughtful as Hoffman's. Absolutely great.
WOW that was one of the most powerful acceptance speeches I have ever seen. Very humble and Dustin remembered where he came from.
As a struggling, starving actress, I absolutely felt this in my bones. Being a successful actor really means getting the work and given a chance. Chance. It is all luck. And if we get that chance to just have the work and not broke, we're happy. But to be recognized amongst our peers is a beautiful moment. Thank you Dustin for speaking for us.
WOW! That was the MOST Selfless Oscar Speech I had ever heard!
listen to Joaquin Phoenix speech 2020
@@paulatreides1354 :/
@@KittiLidya yes, indeed!
One of the very best acceptance speeches ever there. Eloquent , heart felt, meaningful and so profoundly true.
Sweet, humble man,
and brilliant actor.
Back when the Oscars still had class. Johnny’s comment at the end-priceless!
I stayed for that, johnny was awesome
"Gwin DeMatteo" yes, now a days they are giving Oscars to actors and/or producers and/or directors ( etc) for being a certain gender or race or ethnicity rather than the content of the work
One of the greats of last 40 years. Dustin Hoffman deserves so much more credit.
For me Dustin Hoffman is one a the best actors in this world he deserves this award
Just finished watching Kramer vs Kramer. Mr. Hoffman deserved this award in spades. Truly a class act to recognize his fellow peers.
Dustin gave such an inspiring speech, the best I've ever heard at the Oscars, can't believe it was 32 years ago today :)
I guess almost 43 now
you still kickin?
On of the best speeches in Academy Awards History
Everybody of the five legendary nominees deserved to win !!...we will hardly see such quality again...
Back when the academy had class.
Why doesn't it have class now?
@@MattSingh1 great performances from him but we now have to read about ,if true, his utter contempt for women and ,for me,these speeches! their cringing piety.
Matthew Singh-Dosanjh they’ve lost their class because the politicization of Hollywood has caused everyone who wins or presents at the Oscars to fake and appear like they actually stand for some profound social movement that they don’t really give two shits about and neither does anybody else.
Bay is Bae the Oscar ceremony was political long before it may or not be nowadays. Just two years prior to this ceremony, Vanessa Redgrave was booed for her political statements. In 1975, a statement was read by the winning documentary director from the Vietcong, prompting outrage. In 1973, Marlon Brando refused his Oscar and sent a Native American woman to refuse on his behalf.
back when they were racists too
what he's saying is Very touching, he has a good soul and a very likable man.
I feel like the reason the academy never gave Al Pacino oscars is because he never showed up anyway...
haaha
Evan Samuel he was there the time he won though!
Al pacino won on 1993
Evan Samuel He attended the oscars in 1974 though
Evan Samuel What are you talking about, Al Pacino won an Oscar, he won for his performance in Scent of a Woman.
What a beautiful speech! The best I have seen. Is there anything the Mr. Hoffman can't do? Grace , poise , brilliance, humility all in a just a few sentences. Class apart!!!!!!!!
Mr Hoffman gave a memorable speech. I wanted to share my favorite scene in the film. A father writes the pros and cons of getting his child after all the problems which come from losing his support. He holds his son close it gets me every time
Boys need their dads. Seeing my brothers with their sons has instilled that belief in me.
@@sharonjensen3016 Every child needs their Mother and Father. Boy or girl. Males and females are yin and yang - we are wholly different, but we need each other. Nature tells us that we need each other and it’s true.
Carson’s quip was great at the end. The master of ceremony in every sense.
What a beautiful, heart wrenching, heartbreaking movie which made us all revisit our notions of greatness. I love Dustin Hoffman.
Singer RB it was great acting in such a poignant film about the heartbreaking and tough social issue of divorce, which, in a way, is similar to death. 💔⚱️
That was terrific, wasn't it? Terrific...
*Elevator closes*
I have no idea how many times I've listened to this wonderful acceptance speech.
My God, he brought me to tears, for my struggling actor son, who has always been a winner to me.
The way he treated Meryl in the making of this film (and seemingly many other actresses on other sets) was unacceptable, but this one is my favorite oscars speech ever.
How Hollywood has fallen. Amazing actors all back then, how did they ever choose.
There is no such thing anymore these days.☝
This is one of the greatest Oscar speeches of all time. Dustin is a great natural born actor and he also a good man as they say about him.
Such an amazing speech. So humble & heartfelt. Its moments like this & actors like Dustin that help realize that, for some, theres more to Hollywood than the glitz & glamor, fame & fortune. Its a passion, its an art.
Well deserved! I think he deserved it for Midnight Cowboy too.
Sure did. And for Lenny.
...and the rest
+Nick Mayor He's given infinitely better performances than Lenny Bruce and even if he had won for it, he probably would have turned the award down because he was going thru a really snotty, self-righteous period. He had mellowed with age by the time he accepted for Rain Man. Got it out of his system, apparently.
+Wyatt Button Get serious. He's great but nobody's THAT great.
Must deserving for lenny and should get nominated for little big man
Jack Lemmon's smile at the end: Said. It. All.
"C R" Maybe he had to force it. He wished it was him.
His acceptance speech was very funny, intelligent, and very moving. I enjoyed Dustin Hoffman's performance in "Kramer vs Kramer". His acknowledgement of the other nominees was amazing and incredibly touching.
Dustin is a legend , what a speech , probably the best oscar speech i've heard so far
Sellars in "Being There" was the outstanding performance that year!
THAT SPEECH IS STILL...EVERYTHING.
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
"Sameoldfitup Founded In 2008" Not so fast.
His Mom was so proud. And he did deserve best actor. That was a wonderful film and all the performances were fantastic, especially his.
Every single second of Dustin playing Ted Kramer is absolute perfection. He soooo earned the Oscar. ❤
Dustin Hoffman did an amazing job in Kramer vs Kramer!!
He definitely deserves the Oscar for that performance!!
I'm not gay, but I think he looks really hot when he smiles
Wouldn't be nice if you didn't have to start a statement with such a disclaimer? Sounds a bit too close to "I'm not racist but..."
I'm not racist but reading your comment made me uncomfortable
Charles Z why is that?
Charles Z imagine!! You say that being a man, imagine us , All that female fans!! I love him like crazy!!! Good comment!! 👍
You are gay. Come out the closet
One of the BEST award acceptance speech I´ve seen in my life! Wow!
There is so much pain and love in that speech🥺
Dustim Hoffman, Always Admire Him As a Great Actor
To all the Artists out there, Keep Doing What You're Doing!!!
The other talent he was up against for that oscar is just stunning. What a win.
Best winners speech ever. Always got into the skin of the character he played
One of the most heartfelt and greatest Oscar speeches of them all by Hoffman. It was relevant then and absolutely relevant now, more than ever in all industries. Those list of great all time classic films of the 1970s, what a decade, one of the very best for film in my opinion. And wasn't Jane Fonda the ultimate vixen back then, so beautiful looking.
The greatest acceptance speech in the Oscars indeed. Glad to hear this at this times.
I love how you can see Carson mouthing “OMG, that was good”, before he starts to speak.
All these men are legends and their performances that year were masterful. But, without taking anything from Hoffman, I think Sellers was the most deserving
I broke down after watching this speech again since many years back. Wow! On point!
best speech i have ever heard.
Wow! I've still got tears in my eyes 2 minutes after listening to Dustin's acceptance speech. Tremendously humble, witty and candid. We don't realise how many actors never make it. I haven't watched Kramer v Kramer for many years, not since the first time. To some of us, and we are many, this movie is one we can relate to more than most. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellars, Roy Scheider. The great days of Hollywood!
A few years before this he famously called the Oscars "obscene, dirty...no better than a beauty contest." So there ya go
my god what beautiful speech.
That was such a beautiful speech.
Just watched Kramer vs. Kramer tonight, brilliant performance given by Mr. Hoffman. Well deserved Oscar for his role!
One of the most inspiring speech, a great
respect for those words and the genuine, generous, gentlemen my hero!!!
Truer words have never been spoken about the exclusive club of A-list actors and the Hollywood media engine that markets them as American royalty. So many amazing struggling actors we never get to see because of a bizarre culture obsessed iconic worship that keeps us paying to see the same select actors over and over again. I'm glad these words were spoken by one of my favorite actors from an age when Hollywood and the world produced the best films. Thank you Dustin, I couldn't have said it better,... you are truly A-list all the way.
When there were still movie stars. And doesn't Jane Fonda look absolutely gorgeous!
None of the kids growing up in this age, where their lives revolve around social media and instant gratification, will be able to grasp the point made in this speech. Fame and self-recognition means nothing without the selfless acts made by the people behind the scenes. In light of this statement, thank you mom and dad for sacrificing your futures so that I could have mine.
amen
Best actor alive, in the whole world.
And such a great, great man. ♥
+demeko96 You're right. You should listen to his interview where he tells what he learned about women from doing Tootsie. So great
Yes I've watched it, he's incredible !
Sorry u forgot Robert De niro
aman gajraj and probably a lot more but it just can't be an objective question, I suppose. ;)
I would say Jack Nicholson is the greatest, but Dustin Hoffman is right up there at the top.