Acceptance speeches are a fine art, and much like critiquing the looks at the Met Gala while wearing your PJs with your hand in a sharing bag of chilli heatwave Doritos, it is something everyone thinks they are capable of.
Don’t speak for too long, don’t cry too much, road test the jokes beforehand and always, always remember to thank your mum. It can’t be that hard, right? Wrong. With over 94 years of Oscars ceremonies as evidence, we can confidently say that not all acceptance speeches are good speeches. That being said, once you get a good one, you love and cherish it like a new born baby. They really can go either way.
