Academy Award Acceptance Speech Database reveals most used words in acceptance speeches

WE analysed the Oscars Acceptance Speech Database to reveal the most popular words actors use when giving their acceptance speeches.

ADRIEN Brody planting one on Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence tripping on the stairs or Roberto Benigni jumping onto the seats; The most memorable Oscar moments are usually the most unexpected.

Yet when it comes to the acceptance speeches of the stars, it seems the same old Hollywood writer has been churning out the same old script for decades.

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We may not be able to predict who will win gold when the Academy Awards are held on March 3, Australian time - Our Cate or Dame Judi? McConaughey or DiCaprio? However, by pouring through the Academy Award Acceptance Speech Database - which contains the transcripts of 1329 speeches given throughout the Awards' 85-year history - we can predict what the winners are going to say.

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An exclusive analysis of the Acceptance Speech Database reveals almost three quarters of speeches are a self-congratulatory affair - especially when it comes to the blokes: the Best Actor winner has referred to himself in 82.5 per cent of speeches.

News_Image_File: Seal it with a kiss ... Actor Adrien Brody surprises presenter Halle Berry with a kiss after he won the Oscar for best actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th annual Academy Awards Picture: AP

At least winners are polite, saying "thanks" in some form or another 93.3 per cent of the time.

"The Academy" gets a thanks 43.6 per cent of the time. (Well, which eyes-on-the-prize actor wouldn't want to keep the Academy happy? Marlon Brando is one who didn't much care what the Academy thought: he sent a Native American activist to accept his Oscar when he was busy boycotting the event in 1973.)

News_Image_File: Unpredictable way to start walking to accept her Oscar ... Jennifer Lawrence trips over the stairs at the Academy Awards in 2013. Picture: Getty

After the Academy, it's producers, friends, wives, crew, directors and family who are next most likely to be thanked. And most winners are mummy's boys or girls, more likely to thank their mother than their father, with the exception being Best Actor winners - who have mentioned their dads are in 27 per cent of speeches (mums have to be content with 15.9 per cent).

Best Actor winners are also more likely to thank their agent (15.9 per cent) than the ladies are (10.9 per cent).

News_Image_File: Winners are grinners ... Kate Winslet holds the Oscar for best actress for "The Reader", Sean Penn holds the Oscar for best actor for "Milk", and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz holds the Oscar for best supporting actress for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" during the 81st Academy Awards. Picture: AP

Defying the cliche of American awards shows, God has been mentioned in less than 10 per cent of all Oscar speeches. If the big guy upstairs does get any credit, it's most likely from Best Actress (19 per cent) and Best Supporting Actress (15 per cent) winners.

While Gwyneth Paltrow did enough blubbing for every Oscar winner in history when she accepted her Best Actress gong for Shakespeare in Love in 1999, in fact only 1.7 per cent of acceptance speeches overall have involved crying. And that's mainly the Best Actress winners' doing, with tears flowing in 7.8 per cent of speeches. The men are more likely to have a chuckle - Best Actors have laughed in 7.9 per cent of acceptances.

News_Image_File: Ruling the Hollywood screen ... Actor Meryl Streep accepting the Oscar for Best Actress onstage for The Iron Lady at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in 2012.

Best Director winners appear to give 30.7 per cent of the credit to their cast and 21 per cent credit to their crew.

That's still more thanks than is given to the regular folk who buy the tickets to keep feeding the Hollywood machine: fans have only been acknowledged in 6.3 per cent of speeches.

News_Image_File: In tears ... Actor Gwyneth Paltrow crying as she gives her acceptance speech after winning Oscar for best actress for Shakespeare in Love at 71st Academy Awards in 1999.

Regular folk can however take pity on the critics - who have only been noted in 1 per cent of speeches.

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Only 0.3 per cent of winners have claimed the award is "unexpected".

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