Also mentioned more than God in acceptance speeches are Harvey Weinstein, James Cameron, George Lucas and Peter Jackson.
And the award for most mentioned name in Oscars acceptance-speech history goes to … Steven Spielberg!
The director has been thanked 42 times out of all 1,396 acceptance speeches currently archived online by the Academy, according to Vocativ. The top 10 entities mentioned by winners at the podium are as follows:
9. Francis Ford Coppola, Barrie Osborne (16)
10. Martin Scorsese, Saul Zaentz (15)
Additionally, the Academy has been thanked in 43 percent of all speeches, and parents are thanked in 28 percent of speeches.
astroantoine on September 12nd, 2018 at 18:25 UTC »
Didn't Steve Martin end the 2003 Academy Awards with "And finally my thanks to Steven Spielberg because well... it can't hurt."? Of course I'm messing up the exact quote but it's awesome.
Flemtality on September 12nd, 2018 at 16:35 UTC »
This TIL used to reference Harvey Weinstein, but times have changed for obvious reasons.
5pl1t1nf1n1t1v3 on September 12nd, 2018 at 14:50 UTC »
To be fair, he's probably done more for the film industry overall.