The most talked-about moment of the Golden Globe ceremony was Meryl Streep's acceptance speech. The actress, who was conferred the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement, took on US president-elect Donald Trump without once naming him: "There was one performance this year that stunned me.... It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter.... Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose." Hollywood is known for using award ceremonies to make political statements. We bring you some of those speeches, including Hugh Laurie's, which preceded Streep's statement at the Golden Globes
Hugh Laurie, Golden Globe, 2017, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for The Night Manager
"Thank you first of all to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for this amazing honour, I suppose made more amazing by the fact I'll be able to say I won this at the last ever Golden Globes. I don't mean to be gloomy but it has the words 'Hollywood', 'Foreign Press' in the title. I also think to some Republicans, even the word 'Association' is slightly sketchy."
Leonardo Di Caprio, Oscars 2016 Best Actor for The Revenant
"Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this."
Jared Leto, Oscars 2014 Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club
"To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to say we are here and as you struggle to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible, we are thinking of you tonight... And this (the award) is for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to AIDS and to those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love. Tonight I stand here in front of the world with you and for you."
Charles Ferguson, Oscars 2011 Best Documentary for Inside Job
"Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after a horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong."
Marlon Brando, Oscars 1973 Best Actor for The Godfather; Brando sent native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to decline the award on his behalf
"I’m representing Marlon Brando this evening and he has asked me to tell you... that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American-Indians today by the film industry... and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee."
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