Jean Dujardin is the first French actor to win the Best Actor award at the Oscars and, during his acceptance speech, his thrill at receiving it was a pleasure to see and hear for those who are bilingual in English and French.
Clearly, Jean Dujardin is not yet bilingual but he did a beautiful job of expressing his happiness, and saying what he had to say (with well-prepared notes) when he came up on stage.
His English was peppered with French exclamations and body language especially when he was expressing his emotions. Having started with, "Oh, thank you", he slipped in a very French, "Ouais" (Yeah) before getting the audience on his side (as if they weren't already) with, "I love your country!" He then got down to reading his notes and rarely tripped up.
His last words, of course, are now being talked about all over the web. Having read, "If George Valentine could speak, he'd say....", Jean Dujardin then switched over to French for a set of French exclamations that one might hear at the end of a really intense sports event that ends abruptly, such as a three-point winning shot on a basketball court or a winning touchdown with three seconds left on the clock.
