ACTOR  AND OSCAR WINNER CHRISTOPH WALTZ, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

SPEECH AT THE  PODIUM:

Oscar and Penélope that’s an über bingo. I always wanted to discover some new continent and I thought I had to go this way, and then I was introduced to Quentin Tarantino, who was putting together an expedition that was equipped by Harvey Weinstein and Lawrence Bender and David Linde, and he put this script in front of me and he said, “This is where we’re going, but we’re going the other way.”

So Brad Pitt helped me on board and Diane Kruger was there Melanie Laurent and Denis Menochet and Bob Richardson and Sally Menke and Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. Everybody helped me find a place. Universal and The Weinstein Company and ICM and Quentin, with his unorthodox methods of navigation, this fearless explorer, took this ship across and brought it in with flying colors and that’s why I’m here.

And this is your welcoming embrace and there’s no way I can ever thank you enough, but I can start right now. Thank you.

For the Wikipedia page on Christoph Waltz, click here.

Also, more about this actor, and the Oscar-winning acting performances, at Dana Kaminski’s year-round column: Hollywood Actor Prep. For an authentic actor’s perspective on acting.