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Shortest Oscar acceptance speeches 2018

Shortest Academy Awards acceptance speeches of all time as of 2018 (in words)

The data describes data on the shortest Academy Awards acceptance speeches of all time as of 2018. According to the source, the record for the shortest speech is held by Patty Duke, who simply said "thank you" when accepting her Best Supporting Actress award in 1963.

Patty Duke (1963)	2
Louie Psihoyos (2010)	2
Alfred Newman (1953)	4
Gloria Graham (1953)	4
William Holden (1954)	4
Alfred Hitchcock (1968)	5
Joe Pesci (1991)	5
Dimitri Tiomkin (1953)	6
Delbert Mann (1956)	8
Billy Willder (1961)	10

Shortest Oscar acceptance speeches 2018

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