Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database

ROBERT DE NIRO:
[He pulls out his notes.] I forgot my lines so the director wrote them down for me. I want to thank everyone. Since it's said so often, but it's true and it's...what can I say? I want to thank Bruno, Richard Bruno, for the terrific costumes. Frank Warner, Cis Corman, Pete Savage, and if Pete wasn't involved in the film he wouldn't have gotten it started—I'm a little nervous, excuse me—the film never would have gotten started. Mike Westmore, for the makeup. Mary Keats, the late Jean Burt Reilly, Irwin Winkler and Bob Chartoff. Vickie La Motta and all the other wives, and Joey La Motta even though he's suing us. I hope that settles soon enough so I can go over to his house and eat once in a while. And Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader, who wrote the script. And of course, Jake La Motta, whose life it's all about. And Marty Scorsese, who gave me and all the other actors and everyone on the film all the love and trust that anyone could give anyone and is just wonderful as a director. And I want to thank my mother and father for having me. And my grandmother and grandfather, for having them. And everyone else involved in the film. And I hope that I can share this with anyone that it means anything to and the rest of the world, and especially all the terrible things that are happening. I love everyone.