Here's Jared Leto's Beyond Perfect Oscar Acceptance Speech

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Actor Jared Leto accepts the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role award for 'Dallas Buyers Club' onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

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By Neha Prakash2014-03-03 03:08:30 UTC

Finally, an acceptance speech we didn't want to hear played off by the orchestra.

Jared Leto's acceptance speech at the 86th annual Academy Awards Sunday night blew away viewers for being as incredible as his hair.

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Leto won the first Oscar of the night (talk about setting the bar high) for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a transgender person diagnosed with AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club.

In his speech, Leto expressed his love for host Ellen DeGeneres, told a sweet story about his mother, and thanked his big brother and fellow Dallas actors. If that wasn't enough, Leto also expressed solidarity for AIDS victims as well as the citizens of the Ukraine and Venezuela.

Venezuelan protesters had tweeted at leading Oscar nominees asking that they mention the country when accepting their awards. As a result, Venezuelan TV networks were not allowed to air the Oscars' broadcast.

Here's Leto's full speech:

Incredible. Ellen, I love you. To my fellow nominees, I’m so proud to share this journey with you. I’m in awe and have so much respect for you all. To the Academy, thank you. In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she’s here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream. To my brother, Shannon, the best big brother in the world, you’re a true artist. Thank you so much for sharing this insane and amazing adventure that is 30 Seconds to Mars, and for being my best friend. I love you. Thank you.

To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to say we are here and as you struggle to… to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible… We’re thinking of you tonight. And this is, is incredibly special as well because there’s so many people that helped me get here. And I just want to say thank you to Focus Features, to Mick Sullivan, to Jim Toth, to Jason Weinberg, to Emma Ludbrook, to Kelly Adams, to the entire Dallas Buyers Club team. Matthew, I love. Jean-Marc. And this for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to AIDS and to those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love, tonight I stand here in front of the world with you and for you. Thank you so much and goodnight.

Thank you Jared Leto, for owning the Oscars acceptance speech. Come back again next year.

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