Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database

GEORGE BURNS:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. This is a beautiful moment for me. You know, I've been in show business all of my life and I've loved every minute of it. And being honored tonight by getting this award proves one thing: that if you stay in the business long enough and if you can get to be old enough, you get to be new again. I was very fortunate to work with two fine actors like Walter Matthau and Dick Benjamin, and to be directed by Herb Ross, and a script by Neil Simon, and with a great producer like Ray Stark, and for a beautiful studio like MGM. And being surrounded by all that talent was a great break for a newcomer like myself. And the last picture I made was thirty-seven years ago, and making "The Sunshine Boys" was so exciting I've decided that I'm gonna make a picture every thirty-seven years. Thank you.