93rd Oscars Onstage Speech Transcript: ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

SPEECH BY: FRANCES MCDORMAND

FILM: "Nomadland"


 

Look, they didn’t ask me, but if they had I would have said karaoke because when you got voices like Leslie and Marcus, and... we shoulda had a karaoke bar. OK? I have no words. My voice is in my sword. We know the sword is our work. And I like work. Thank you for knowing that, and thanks for this.

 


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