Brendan Fraser delivered an emotional speech while accepting the award for best actor at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.
Fraser, who gained the award for his position in “The Whale,” commenced crying as soon as his name was announced, and nevertheless controlled to start out his speech with a joke.
“It was Herman Melville who once wrote that there are only five critics in America — the rest are asleep. I don’t know what it means, either, but I’m sure glad you woke up for me. Where were you for ‘Furry Vengeance’?” he asked, referencing his 2010 comedy film.
He continued, announcing he became fortunate to work with an exquisite ensemble on “The Whale,” which he defined as a movie approximately love, redemption and “locating the mild in a darkish place.”
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The actor, 54, went directly to thank numerous of his co-stars, consisting of Hong Chau, Sadie Sink, Sam Hunter and Ty Simpkins, in addition to the movie’s director.
“Darren Aronofsky, I was in the wilderness, and I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs, but you’ve found me,” he said. “And like all the best directors, you merely just showed me where to go to get to where I needed to be.”
He concluded his speech through tears with a message for those who struggle in any way with obesity, or if “you just feel like you’re in a dark sea.”
“I want you to know that if you, too, can have the strength to just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen,” he said.