Eli Roth's known more for directing than acting, yet he was the one chosen to speak for the cast of Inglourious Basterds when they won the 2010 Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. "On behalf of the entire cast of Inglourious Basterds, we want to say thank you to Mr. Quentin Tarantino for what you did for this film," said Roth. "A year ago we all sat down in Berlin and we read through the script. We all sat around and we saw that Quentin had pulled together actors from Ireland and from Austria and from France and from Newton, Massachusetts and from Germany and from New York and from the Fangoria Convention, and pulled together such a wonderful, wonderful cast. We all felt it was really something special. So it was an honor to be a part of it, Quentin.""And for every actor out there, we just want you to know that whether you are Brad Pitt, one of the biggest stars in the world, or someone who has never acted in a motion picture, your vote is a vote for director Quentin Tarantino who, if he feels you are right for the part, he will give it to you. And Quentin, your belief in us lets us rise to the occasion and brings out the best in all of us. It was an honor to be a part of this. We love you."
And with that, all seven cast members onstage (Michael Fassbender, Christoph Waltz, Jacky Ido, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger, Omar Doom and Roth) put there hands together and bowed to Tarantino.
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