Onstage Speech Transcript | 81st Academy Awards
Best animated feature film of the year
CATEGORY: Best animated feature film of the year
SPEECH BY: Andrew Stanton
FILM: "WALL-E"
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My producers Jim Morris and Lindsey Collins should really be up here to accept this with me. It's been such an inspiration to spend time with a character who so tenaciously struggles to find the beauty in everything that he sees. It's a noble aspiration to have at times like these. I dearly want to thank everyone that's been on this film: the cast, the crew, everybody at Disney and Pixar Studios. I have to single out Ed Catmull, John Lasseter and Steve Jobs for creating a cinematic safe haven where only a film like WALL-E could be made. To my wife Julie, my kids Ben and Audrey, I love you so much, and I guess I'd be remiss if I did not thank my high school drama teacher Phil Perry for 28 years ago casting me as Barnaby in “Hello, Dolly!.” Creative seeds are sown in the oddest of places so, uh, thank you so much to the Academy for this.
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