14 DAY TRIAL // Cate Blanchett’s Oscar chances seemed in danger when the latest Woody Allen scandal erupted in the press, after his daughter Dylan wrote an op-ed saying he had molested her when she was just 7. Luckily, the members of the Academy didn’t pay attention to it and focused solely on achievements in film.
And, for that, they awarded the gorgeous and very talented actress with a much-coveted statuette for her performance in “Blue Jasmine,” which was written and directed by Woody Allen. Above is her acceptance speech at the Oscars 2014 in full.
Unlike Matthew McConaughey, the winner of Best Actor this year, Cate was all about the thank-yous, in what was obviously a bid to point out that actors, as esteemed and praised as they are, don’t really deserved to be put up on a pedestal.
In fact, she argued, they would be nothing without their PR teams, their costume and makeup people, their fellow actors and, of course, their families.
She also thanked Woody Allen for casting her in the film and to Sony, the distributor, for running it in theaters and thus proving that female-centric movies, regardless of what you heard differently, do make money. And people do want to see them.
Overall, Cate came across as very humble and overwhelmed by the honor bestowed on her. Well played, “Queen” Cate, well played.