The Best and Worst Acceptance Speeches of the 2015 Golden Globes

The Golden Globe Awards aired last night, and as always Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were flawless in their hosting duties, landing home run after home run. But what about the acceptance speeches?

When the show started running long (as usual) toward the end, it seemed as though it was just a steady stream of introductions and speeches. Some were wonderful, moving and funny...others were not.

Here are the best acceptance speeches of the 2015 Golden Globes...and the worst.

BEST: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Sure, she pretty much name-dropped her brother right away, but Maggie really made an impact with her message about roles for women in Hollywood. She added on to comments others had made about "strong roles" for women by saying that she was encouraged about the roles she saw that showed women as real people.

"What I see, actually, are women who are sometimes powerful, and sometimes not," she said. "Sometimes sexy, sometimes not. Sometimes honorable, sometimes not. And what I think is new, is the wealth of roles for actual women."

BEST: Jeffrey Tambor

"Arrested Development" alum Jeffrey Tambor won his first Golden Globe for his role as a transgender woman, Maura Pfefferman, in the Amazon original series "Transparent." His speech was as powerful as the show itself, as he thanked the transgender community for their bravery and their "patience" as they work toward a world that accepts them for who they are.

WORST: Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton won for "Fargo," and decided to make his speech short and sweet. Normally, we would be all for trying to keep an awards ceremony short, but Thornton seemed a little too smug in his bit about how saying anything can get you in trouble. No, Billy Bob, it's not true that anything you say can get you in trouble...but if you're a jerk, then you'll probably say something wrong.

WORST: Amy Adams

Going up against such a strong field of nominees, including Meryl Streep, it's understandably why Amy Adams might not have expected to win last night. But even if you don't think it's going to happen, it's a good idea to prepare a little something.

Adams' speech was rambling and awkward, and she even pointed out that she "made it weird" on more than one occasion. Is being on stage the best time to tell your co-star, who is of the opposite sex, that his wife is a "lucky gal?" Seems a little inappropriate to us.

BEST AND WORST: George Clooney

There was a lot to love about George Clooney's speech: he threw in some love for the French people who just dealt with a horrifying terrorist attack, and he took a moment to address his wife, Amal Alamuddin, with an especially romantic bit about being honored to be her husband. We're pretty sure everyone swooned at that.

But George also got a little awkward getting into that bit, cracking a couple of forced self-depricating jokes about his age and about "Monuments Men" that made things weird. Also, Amal looked appreciative but less than comfortable about the very public display of love that George gave during his speech. So, this one could go either way.