Best Award Show Speeches
20 Iconic Award Show Speeches That Will Inspire You
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When Hollywood stars win Tony Awards, the sheer fact of their celebrity status tends to become the main headline. Not so when Andrew Garfield won featured actor in a play for his work in the revival of Angels in America. Garfield's speech was an eloquently worded tribute to the LGBTQ+ community (the play is about the AIDS crisis and LGBTQ+ characters) and the need to stand up to bigotry.
"At a moment in time where maybe the most important thing we remember right now is the sanctity of the human spirit, it is the profound privilege of my life to play Prior Walter in Angels in America, because he represents the purest spirit of humanity and especially that of the LGBTQ community. It is a spirit that says no to oppression; it is a spirit that says no to bigotry, no to shame, no to exclusion. It is a spirit that says we are all made perfectly and we all belong . . .
"We are all sacred and we all belong, so let's just bake a cake for everyone who wants a cake to be baked."