The 6 Best Speeches of Awards Season So Far From a pajama-clad Jodie Foster to the teary “Minari” child star Alan S. Kim, they managed to make their acceptance speeches work from home. Jodie Foster, left, with her wife, Alexandra Hedison, looked the way most viewers did — only she was accepting a Golden Globe.Credit...NBC, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images April 14, 2021, 2:19 p.m. ET Even at the best of times, making an award acceptance speech isn’t easy. It’s the most scrutinized moment of your career, you’re bound to forget the name of somebody you love, and you’re five feet from a trigger-happy orchestra that is trained to turn on you like a firing squad.