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Year: 1991 (64th) Academy Awards
Category: Actor in a Leading Role
Film Title: The Silence of the Lambs
Winner: Anthony Hopkins
Presenter: Kathy Bates
Date & Venue: March 30, 1992; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
ANTHONY HOPKINS:
My God. I can't believe it. This is really unexpected. It's a great honor to be here, especially with such great actors like Nick Nolte and Warren Beatty and Robin Williams, Robert De Niro. First of all, before I say on, I want to say hello to my mother. She's in Wales watching this on television with Eve and Jean and Jill and Tony. My father died eleven years ago tonight, so maybe he had something to do with this as well, I don't know. But I want to say thank you to the Academy for your tremendous generosity. To my friend Bob Palmer, my friend and publicist. My dear, beloved wife Jenni. And I have many people to thank here in Los Angeles who over the years have given me tremendous support, without whose help I wouldn't be here, I know. And I am greatly honored and tremendously moved. And I—God bless you all. Thank you very much.
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