2023 Oscars: Brendan Fraser wins best actor, rounding out his epic return to big screen: Full speech

>> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO -- >> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO -- BRENDAN FRASER, "THE WHALE." >> AS A CHILD, BRENDAN FRASER DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN ACTING AFTER SEEING A WEST END PERFORMANCE OF THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE MUSICAL "OLIVER." >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS WHAT THE MULTIVERSE LOOKS LIKE. OH. MY GOODNESS. I THANK THE ACADEMY FOR THIS HONOR AND FOR OUR STUDIO A-24 FOR MAKING SUCH A BOLD FILM. AND -- I'M GRATEFUL TO DARREN FOR THROWING ME A CREATIVE LIFETIME AND HAULING ME ABOARD THE GOOD SHIP "THE WHALE." IT WAS WRITTEN BY SAMUEL D. HUNTER WHO IS OUR LIGHTHOUSE. GENTLEMEN, YOU LAID YOUR WHALE-SIZED HEARTS BARE SO THAT WE COULD SEE INTO YOUR SOULS LIKE NO ONE ELSE COULD DO AND IT IS MY HONOR TO BE NAMED IS MY HONOR TO BE NAMED ALONGSIDE YOU IN THIS CATEGORY. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ONLY WHALES CAN SWIM AT THE DEPTH OF WHALES CAN SWIM AT THE DEPTH OF THE TALENT OF HONG CHAU, AND I 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 DOESN'T APPRECIATE AT THE TIME UNTIL IT STOPPED. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, BECAUSE IT COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT MY CAST, IT'S BEEN LIKE I'VE BEEN IN A DIVING EXPEDITION AT 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, LIKE MY SONS, HOLDEN AND LELAND AND GRIFFIN. I LOVE YOU. MY MANAGER JOANN, JENNIFER PLANT, AND MY BEST FIRST MEAT,AT JEANNE.

Channel: 6abc Philadelphia

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Length: 2min 50sec (170 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 12 2023