‘I Did It All By Myself.’ Allison Janney’s Oscars Speech Is an Instant Meme
Allison Janney could have ended her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress at the 90th Academy Awards after her opening line, and audiences would have been over the moon.
“I did it all by myself,” Janney said immediately after accepting an Oscar for her role in I, Tonya. As the crowd laughed and cheered, she added, “Nothing further from the truth.”
But the sentiment struck a chord with many people—and only partly because Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel had promised to bestow a jet ski upon the Academy Award winner who delivered the shortest speech of the night. While Janney’s speech did not qualify her for a jet ski, fans online loved her opener.
"I did it all by myself." Let's make this the new "You like me, you really like me" pic.twitter.com/r6Qw9cgC8K
— A.B. (@AlannaBennett) March 5, 2018
‘I did it all by myself’
*i burst into tears*#AllisonJanney #oscars— Matt Doyle (@MattfDoyle) March 5, 2018
2018 mood: I did it all by myself. pic.twitter.com/VgI5iIK60W
— WhoHaha (@whohahadotcom) March 5, 2018
"I did it all by myself," says Allison Janney, cracking me up & making me happy about her winning even though I haven't seen I, TONYA.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) March 5, 2018
"I did it all by myself." Best quote of the #Oscars
— Claudia Aguilar (@AxiaDharma) March 5, 2018
I really wish Allison Janney said, "I did it all by myself." Then walked away and won the jet ski. #Oscars
— Emily Galati (@emilygalati) March 5, 2018