More from the IFP Awards. Cruise served as the chairperson and was there along with his sister and Paula Wagner, supporting Shattered Glass, which was up for BP. Here’s Cruise’s speech:

How are you all doing? Listen it’s great to be chairing this event today because I love movies. And, as a kid, every paper that I delivered, ever grass that I cut, brought me closer to my next cinematic adventure. So I definetely consider all of us here extremely fortunate to be part of this– the art of filmmaking. We have the unique opportunity to bring people to places, to experience emotions, that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to do that. So, I congratulate all of you all here in this room.

-Applaud from the audience-

Now it is with great pleasure that I am gonna give the IFR–IF..IFP! sprit Award to best director.

-Cruise attemtps to open envelope, realizing he hasn’t read the nominees and looks back to the teleprompter to read out nominees-

And the nominees are:

-audience laughing-