A while ago I wondered whether I could find a corpus of oscar acceptance speeches and was disappointed how few have been uploaded. The numbers are increasing now although there are still some classics I can't find, like Sally Field ('you like me!') or Sasheen Littlefeather/Marlon Brando and tragically the Academy have realised the value of Billy Crystal's introduction in 2002 so that's been taken down.

But for a real contrast, have a look at Halle Berry's acceptance in 2002 (I don't know what exactly this says about me but it makes me cry every time and I get a bit upset whenever people make fun of her):

and then compare it to Robert Bresson and Andrei Tarkovsky at Cannes in 1983:

B-)