Matthew McConaughey winning Best Actor | 86th Oscars (2014)

[Music] what is this funny oh okay it's such an honor to present this next award the five men I'm still watching you the five men nominated in this category delivered resonating evocative and captivating performances here are the nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role Christian Bale American hustle Bruce Dern Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio the wolf of Wall Street Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 years of slave Matthew McConaughey Dallas buyers club and the Oscar goes to Matthew McConaughey [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you to the Academy for

this all 6,000 members thank you to the other nominees all these performances were impeccable in my opinion I didn't see a false note anywhere I want to thank shell Mark valet our director want to thank trade Leto Jennifer Garner or worked with Daley um there's a few things about three things to my account that I need each day one I miss something to look up to another is something to look forward to and another is someone to chase now first off I want to thank God because that's who I look up to he's graced my

life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand he has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates in the words of a late Charlie Lawton who said when you got God you got a friend and that friend is you to my family that's who and what I look forward to to my father who I know he's up there right now with a big pot of gumbo he's got a lemon meringue pie over there he's probably in his underwear he's got a cold can of Miller Lite

he's dancing right do you dad you taught me what it means to be a man to my mother who's here tonight who taught me and my two older brothers demanded that we respect ourselves and what we in turn learned was then we were better able to respect others thank you for that mama - my wife Camilla and my kids Levi Peeta mr. stone the courage and significance you give me every day I go out the door is unparalleled you are the four people in my life I want to make the most proud of me thank

you and to my hero that's who I chase now when I was fifteen years old I had a very important person in my life come to me and say who's your hero and I said I got to think about that give me a couple of weeks I come back two weeks later this person comes out and says who's your hero I said I thought about it you know who it is I said it's me in ten years so I turned twenty five ten years later that same person comes Mingo so you're a hero and I

was like not even close no no no she said why I said because my heroes me at 35 so you see every day every week every month and every year of my life my heroes always ten years away I'm never gonna be my hero I'm not gonna attain that I know I'm not and that's just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing so to any of us whatever those things are whatever it is we look up to whatever it is we look forward to and whoever it is we're chasing

to that I say amen to that I say all right all right all right hey just keep letting him thank you