Here is what Brendan Fraser said in his acceptance speech after he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “The Whale."
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00:00Oh my goodness, um, I thank the Academy for this honor and for our studio A24 for making such a bold film.
00:10And I'm grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship, the whale.
00:21I want to tell you that only whales can swim at the depth of the talent of Hong Chao.
00:33I started in this business 30 years ago and things, they didn't come easily to me, but there was a facility that I didn't, I didn't appreciate at the time until it stopped.
00:48And I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement because it couldn't be done without my cast.
00:58It's, it's been like, it's been like I've been on a diving expedition on the bottom of the ocean and the air on the line to the surface is on a launch being watched over by some people in my life.
01:10Like my sons, Holden and Leland and Griffin. I love you, Griffey. My manager, Joanne Colonna, Jennifer Plant, and my best first mate, Jeannie.
01:24Thank you again, each one and all. I'm so grateful to you. Good night.