Pitt took home the Golden Globe Award for “Best Supporting Actor” for his acting work as stuntman Cliff Booth in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In his gracious acceptance speech, Pitt thanked his fellow nominees (Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Tom Hanks), all of which are legends in his eyes. “There named were like gods to me,” he admitted. “This is an honor in itself, and all my respects sincerely.”
He thanked the eclectic and ever-raucous Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and gave a special shout out to “the man himself” writer, director, and producer, Quentin Tarantino, as well as his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he nicknamed “LDC” and dubbed him as his “partner in crime.” Pitt noted that he will never forget the experience of this film.
“I used to watch, year after year, his co-stars accept awards and get up and thank him profusely,” Pitt said about DiCaprio. “I know why. He’s an all-star, he’s a gent, and I wouldn’t be here without you, man. I thank you,” he added, prior to making a Titanic joke: “Still, I would’ve shared the raft.”
He also thanked producers David Heyman and Shannon McIntosh, and he concluded by saying “hi to his folks,” who are back in the Ozarks. “If you see a chance to be kind to someone tomorrow, take it, I think we need it,” he said.
