Holy crap. What a group of five nominees.

has to be one of THE BEST Oscar Award winning "speeches." EVER.

Who just got done watching "Kramer VS Kramer", and came to this....? ;-)

Still, to this day, the greatest Oscar acceptance speech of all time.

i love his mothers expression after the speech: "That's my boy!!"

Never has any actor colored an ordinary man as beautifully as Dustin colored Ted Kramer.

"When you're a broke actor, you can't write. You can't paint. You have to practice accents while driving a taxi cab." Wow, so many feels. How thoughtful of him to figuratively share his Oscar win with the other nominees.

This is a prime example of how a gentleman accepts an award and gives a "Thank You" speech. Well done, Sir.

This movie came out around the same time my wife of seventeen years decided to "go find herself". I was left with my ten year old son. So this movie drove a stake in my already broken heart. The bright side of it though, I kept my son and raised him with the help of family members.

His mother couldn't believe it, she looked so happy. Great speech

"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Such a class act money can't buy, Mr. Hoffman.

His Oscar speech deserves an Oscar

Hoffman in the 70s was like gold, his acting was AMAZING.

Over thirty odd years since Hoffman made that speech, it is still deeply emotional and meaningful. Love the look on Jack Lemmon's face after the speech was made, it tells you all you need to know about the great man.

Omg I adore him, what a lovely speech. There isn't that much humility in Hollywood these days.

He is by far, the most classiest, most honest, loyal human being.

Streep was gorgeous in 1980

His performance in Kramer vs Kramer was so real and touching !! A well deserved oscar !

I laughed at the beginning of the speech and left with tears in the end. His speech is just wow.

Jane speaks so beautifully, I love her reading of tributes

Such honesty, humility, and all spoken with such raw and sensitive emotion that is trade mark Dustin Hoffman. That's why we love him.

Jane Fonda looks beautiful!

One of the greatest acceptance speeches ever.

Meryl Streep was so beautiful and cute, I love her till now, she always has been a very good actress

Best. Oscar Speech. Ever. Top shelf all the way.

"And onto that artistic family that strives for excellence, none of you have never lost, and I want to share this with you." Beautiful words and so far the best Oscar speech ever.

He EARNED those proud looks on the faces of his mother and Jack Lemmon at the end. What a speech.

That speech made me cry and I clapped. It was very touching and perhaps the greatest speech at the Oscars. He honoured and acknowledged the little people. I loved Kramer vs Kramer. The great Meryl Streep put in an outstanding performance.

Love how he kissed the kid who plays his son. ♥️ You can see he really loves him

WOW! That was the MOST Selfless Oscar Speech I had ever heard!

As a struggling, starving actress, I absolutely felt this in my bones. Being a successful actor really means getting the work and given a chance. Chance. It is all luck. And if we get that chance to just have the work and not broke, we're happy. But to be recognized amongst our peers is a beautiful moment. Thank you Dustin for speaking for us.

Totally agree. This is the greatest Oscar speech. Also when his name was called. Kissing the people around him, to the theme. The kid and streep. The theme seemed to work perfectly at that moment and has he ascended up the stairs. Then the speech itself was miraculous.

I feel like the reason the academy never gave Al Pacino oscars is because he never showed up anyway...

Back when the academy had class.

This speech was beautiful! He should have won an Oscar for Tootsie.

Undoubtedly one of the best Oscar speech ever.

What a respected league of legends/actors to be nominated with....Dustin, great speech, classy, classy guy.....we sure don't have this prestige anymore nowadays.

what a line-up of nominees, damn. Strong performances too

Well deserved Dustin Hoffman was brilliant in Kramer Vs. Kramer

Everybody of the five legendary nominees deserved to win !!...we will hardly see such quality again...

One of my favorite acceptance speeches of all time. The greater the actor, the greater his humility. His ‘we are all in this together attitude’ reflects on his decency as an individual and as an artist. Although actors often are in competition with one another, they basically all go through the same agonizing process of being prepared for years for an opportunity that may not come. That is why I respect the acting profession so very much. And I am one of those audience members who wish I had the capability and gutsiness to do the same. Behind all the hoopla, glitz and often phony glamour, are some very real people who are truly gifted.

Hoffman has reaffirmed my love of his acting abilities and as a person accepting this oscar he has shown how humble he is, unlike those today who are just full of themselves.

Just finished watching Kramer vs Kramer. Mr. Hoffman deserved this award in spades. Truly a class act to recognize his fellow peers.

God, what a beautiful speech. A well-deserved Oscar. Great actor who played a great man.

On of the best speeches in Academy Awards History

Back when the Oscars still had class. Johnny’s comment at the end-priceless!

What a beautiful and gracious acceptance speech. Hoffman is one of my favourite actors. Hes so talented and yet so humble. I love watching his films.

How could any sentient being not like Dustin Hoffman? Best OSCAR speech ever!!!

How Hollywood has fallen. Amazing actors all back then, how did they ever choose.

For me Dustin Hoffman is one a the best actors in this world he deserves this award

Dustin gave such an inspiring speech, the best I've ever heard at the Oscars, can't believe it was 32 years ago today :)

I'm not gay, but I think he looks really hot when he smiles

One of the greats of last 40 years. Dustin Hoffman deserves so much more credit.

That was terrific, wasn't it? Terrific...

Sweet, humble man, and brilliant actor.

I have no idea how many times I've listened to this wonderful acceptance speech.

Every single second of Dustin playing Ted Kramer is absolute perfection. He soooo earned the Oscar. ❤

The way he treated Meryl in the making of this film (and seemingly many other actresses on other sets) was unacceptable, but this one is my favorite oscars speech ever.

A marvelously honest and heartfelt speech. I wish more acceptance speeches were as sincere and thoughtful as Hoffman's. Absolutely great.

Must be one of the most heartfelt moving and true speech I’ve ever heard!!! Marvellous job Dustin Hoffman!!!

WOW that was one of the most powerful acceptance speeches I have ever seen. Very humble and Dustin remembered where he came from.

Jack Lemmon's smile at the end: Said. It. All.

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

Carson’s quip was great at the end. The master of ceremony in every sense.

One of the very best acceptance speeches ever there. Eloquent , heart felt, meaningful and so profoundly true.

Mr Hoffman gave a memorable speech. I wanted to share my favorite scene in the film. A father writes the pros and cons of getting his child after all the problems which come from losing his support. He holds his son close it gets me every time

what he's saying is Very touching, he has a good soul and a very likable man.

My God, he brought me to tears, for my struggling actor son, who has always been a winner to me.

Best winners speech ever. Always got into the skin of the character he played

What a beautiful, heart wrenching, heartbreaking movie which made us all revisit our notions of greatness. I love Dustin Hoffman.

Well deserved! I think he deserved it for Midnight Cowboy too.

What a beautiful speech! The best I have seen. Is there anything the Mr. Hoffman can't do? Grace , poise , brilliance, humility all in a just a few sentences. Class apart!!!!!!!!

His Mom was so proud. And he did deserve best actor. That was a wonderful film and all the performances were fantastic, especially his.

Dustin Hoffman did an amazing job in Kramer vs Kramer!! He definitely deserves the Oscar for that performance!!

All these men are legends and their performances that year were masterful. But, without taking anything from Hoffman, I think Sellers was the most deserving

His acceptance speech was very funny, intelligent, and very moving. I enjoyed Dustin Hoffman's performance in "Kramer vs Kramer". His acknowledgement of the other nominees was amazing and incredibly touching.

There is so much pain and love in that speech🥺

One of the most heartfelt and greatest Oscar speeches of them all by Hoffman. It was relevant then and absolutely relevant now, more than ever in all industries. Those list of great all time classic films of the 1970s, what a decade, one of the very best for film in my opinion. And wasn't Jane Fonda the ultimate vixen back then, so beautiful looking.

Dustin is a legend , what a speech , probably the best oscar speech i've heard so far

THAT SPEECH IS STILL...EVERYTHING.

I came here to bear witness to some humility and understanding of interdependence in the family of artists who make movies two days after the violence of the 2022 Oscars. I hope others will renew their understanding of all to whom we owe debts in the arts. To all... really, to all.

I love how you can see Carson mouthing “OMG, that was good”, before he starts to speak.

The other talent he was up against for that oscar is just stunning. What a win.

To all the Artists out there, Keep Doing What You're Doing!!!

This is one of the greatest Oscar speeches of all time. Dustin is a great natural born actor and he also a good man as they say about him.

Truer words have never been spoken about the exclusive club of A-list actors and the Hollywood media engine that markets them as American royalty. So many amazing struggling actors we never get to see because of a bizarre culture obsessed iconic worship that keeps us paying to see the same select actors over and over again. I'm glad these words were spoken by one of my favorite actors from an age when Hollywood and the world produced the best films. Thank you Dustin, I couldn't have said it better,... you are truly A-list all the way.

One of the BEST award acceptance speech I´ve seen in my life! Wow!

Such an amazing speech. So humble & heartfelt. Its moments like this & actors like Dustin that help realize that, for some, theres more to Hollywood than the glitz & glamor, fame & fortune. Its a passion, its an art.

One of the most inspiring speech, a great respect for those words and the genuine, generous, gentlemen my hero!!!

Happy 80th Dustin. A truly wonderful human being.

None of the kids growing up in this age, where their lives revolve around social media and instant gratification, will be able to grasp the point made in this speech. Fame and self-recognition means nothing without the selfless acts made by the people behind the scenes. In light of this statement, thank you mom and dad for sacrificing your futures so that I could have mine.

best speech i have ever heard.

What a beautiful Oscar-winning speech by Dustin.

When the Oscars were still worth seeing ✨️✨️✨️

Sellars in "Being There" was the outstanding performance that year!

That was such a beautiful speech.

This speech brings me to tears every single time I watch.

What a group of candidates!!!

The greatest acceptance speech in the Oscars indeed. Glad to hear this at this times.

Class...great speech by Hoffman