Wins Oscar
McConaughey wins Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. He beats Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiorfor, and Leonardo DiCaprio. This is his first Oscar nomination and win. He thanks God, his wife and children, and his mother and father. He ends with his signature line from Dazed and Confused:
All right, all right, all right.
Wins Oscar
Leto wins Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. Leto thanks his mother, older brother, the audience, people who have lost the battle to AIDS, and his agents.
In 1971 Bossier city, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow, she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother, and she’s here tonight. I love you, Mom; thank you for teaching me to dream.