Mark Rylance - 2011 Tony Awards acceptance speech

[matttanian]

hey jess!!! good to see you and laura and the lovely ivy the other day, thanks for havin us and cookin us food,  much appreciated. P.E.A.C.E.

[omearadaniel]

Greatest stage actor alive today. Love the fact he's doing a poem on his acceptance speech. Irreverent. Just going up there and doing it with an american accent. From a good old kent boy

[Nickmanq]

I'm so pleased I saw Jerusalem in London.

This man is amazing.

[SolemHours2825]

I must be really high cause I understood every word he said and it inspired me and made me cry.

[catrod24]

Why is he awesome?

[thewakz]

GREAT HUG!

[calvintoronto]

Saw Jerusalem Fri night. What an overrated piece. Poorly written, with a supporting cast from a teen drama. While Rylance gave it his best, the script was a failure: full of isn't-this-funny cliches with ironic twists you've seen a million times in far better plays and films. People laughed because they'd heard about Rylance and paid $150 a pop.

And this acceptance speech played to the crowd, the self-congratulating crowd.

Bobby C in Mother .....now THAT is a performance and THAT is a play.

[clemdane]

Saw Jerusalem last night here in New York. Today is the last performance. I'm tempted to run down there again today and see the last performance. Failing that I am already thinking of taking a trip to London for the next and likely last run at The Apollo. I am still in a spell from the play last night and beginning to feel a bit obsessed, hence my visit here. Love the acceptance speech & now want to read more of Lewis Jenkins' poetry.

[brainsareus]

what a wonderful, and great, fucking psycho,love it !!

[popcornchickendude]

I feel as if the Tony voters voted for Mark because they wanted to see if he'd accept his award like he did in 2008.

jk, he really did do an amazing performance and totally deserved the Tony. :-)

[LonelyGuyLA]

This dude's horrible...jk

[KEMPROTH]

Walking through walls is a lot more interesting than pot making or driftwood lamps.

[zimplegoestube]

Taaahahhahhahahahaah!!

[xoswiim4liifexo]

i saw him in Jerusalem months ago and I still am in awe of the performance he gave, no one deserved this award more than him and an example is the complexity and uniqueness of his speech, he is such an interesting and truly talented man. mark rylance has every ounce of respect i could possibly give to someone.

[gordoboy18]

He's doing an american accent too haha classic



[Knutsonmc]

That's the poem 'Walking Through a Wall' by Louis Jenkins. In '08 he read 'Back Country' also by Jenkins. He wound up writing the intro to Jenkins' 'best of...' collection published after the '08 speech for Boeing Boeing. It's all good stuff. Go Minnesota Poets and WI actors!!

[althegr8]

My favorite actor of all time. Got to meet him after a "La Bete" performance, swell fellow. He even played Olivia in TWELFTH NIGHT at The Globe back in 2002...he was the most convincing woman on stage I'd ever seen, so I guess he's also the best actress too!

[Broadway3]

a moment of total darkness before you step out onto the other side. Beautiful and genuine :)

[ferreracarrera]

Brilliant, what a talented actor and what a unique human, great to see an actor of such intelligence.

[milusiakr]

i've never heard of him before the tonys but he's a genius :)

[nfazio62293]

3rd

[Shloerful]

what was he talking about

[CambridgeHeights]

@Shloerful Walking through walls. Come up to Pence, Wisconsin. We do it all the time.

[DHScherocha]

@Shloerful Walking through walls. Watch it again, he mentions it throughout the speech.

[satiecocco]

He should just be given awards constantly, so that we can hear more speeches.