Clips started to pour forth on social media, as did the commentary.
(Just GoogleSally FieldorJack PalanceorGwyneth Paltrowwith Academy Awards.)
We thought it might be fun, as thisSunday night approaches, to look at theetiquetteof accepting an award.
Taylor Swift wins the award for album of the year at The 66th Annual Grammy Awards in February.
It should be about a minute or a minute and a half, she says.
Any longer and you lose themand it can start to sound narcissistic.
After all, the speech is meant to be a heartfelt acknowledgmentnot a lecture.)
Donna Karan (and Calvin Klein) at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards
Otherwise, most people are terrified up there.
Fishs three favorite award-acceptance moments came from Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein.
They were all extremely grateful, she says.
Scott Whitman and Marc Shaiman accept the award for best score at the 2003 Tony Awards.
They thanked their teams.
The gratitude was clear.
And the personal stories were brief.Theyrepros.
The acceptance speech is a unique opportunity to say something that matters, he says.
Know that the next generation is watching you, dreaming of being where you are at this very moment.
Give them your wisdom, your heart, your encouragement.
An acceptance speech is not a time to redress the wrongs of your critics or past snubs.
You wondont diminish your moment.
Scott Whitman and Marc Shaiman accept the award for best score at the 2003 Tony Awards.
Sometimes the best speeches have no words at all.
But you have to have some words.
A few days after Fish and I chatted, she kindly texted a follow-up.
Breathe, she wrote.
Tell a short personal anecdote.
Conveyemotionfunny, tears, joy.
And just to drive the point home, she repeated one more time: Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude.
When it comes to the etiquette of accepting an award, has everyone got that now?
