>> 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 "OLIVER." >> 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 ALONGSIDE YOU IN THIS CATEGORY. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ONLY 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 MEATE, JEANNE. THANK YOU,
