Brendan Fraser’s emotional Best Actor win came in one of the most competitive Oscars categories. In his acceptance speech, the actor thanked director Darren Aronofsky for “throwing me a creative lifeline.”
and the BAFTA Awards, while Fraser won the category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“Gentlemen, you laid your whale-sized hearts bare so that we could see into your souls, like no one else could do,” Frasier said to his fellow nominees during his speech on Sunday night. “And it is my honor to be named alongside you in this category.” Fraser was visibly emotional throughout the speech, as he has been while accepting other awards, including the, throughout the season; his voice wavered, and his eyes were full of tears. He thanked his sons, playwright and screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter , and his manager, and he commended his co-star Hong Chau—whom he said “only whales” can match in depth.
“I started in this business 30 years ago,” Fraser said, “and things—they didn’t come easy to me, but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate at the time, until it stopped. And I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement,” he said, “because it couldn’t be done without my cast. It’s been a bit like a diving expedition on the bottom of the ocean.”
“I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement,” he said, “because it couldn’t be done without my cast. It’s been a bit like a diving expedition at the bottom of the ocean.”
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