Eastwood had nominations for best picture, director and actor

He took his 96-year-old mother to the Academy Awards ceremony and described himself as "just a kid".

The film won best picture and he took best director ahead of Martin Scorsese. Eastwood described his cast and crew as a "well-oiled machine".

His success follows his victory in 1993 when Unforgiven picked up four awards.

Here is a transcript of his acceptance speech:

Thank you very much. Thank you. I'd like to thank my wife, who is my best pal down here. And my mother, who was here with me in 1993. She was only 84 then.

But she's here with me again tonight. And she just - so, at 96, I'm thanking her for her genes.

I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet

It was a wonderful adventure. To make a picture in 37 days, it takes a well-oiled machine. And that well-oiled machine is the crew - the cast, of course, you've met a lot of them.

But there's still Margo and Anthony and Michael and Mike and Jay and everybody else who was so fabulous in this cast. And the crew, Campanelli. Billy Coe and of course, Tom Stern, who is fantastic.

And Henry Bumstead, the great Henry Bumstead, who is the head of our crack geriatrics team. And Henry and Jack Taylor, and Dick Goddard, all those guys. Walt and everybody. I can't think of everybody right now. I'm drawing a blank right now.

But, Warren, you were right. And thank you, for your confidence earlier in the evening.