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So this is what the multiverse looks like! Oh, my goodness.
I thank the Academy for this honor and our studio, A-24, for making such a bold film.
And I’m grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship, The Whale, that was written by Samuel D Hunter, who is our lighthouse.
Gentlemen, you laid your whale-sized hearts bear 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 wanted 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 didn’t come easily 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 because it couldn’t be done without my cast.
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.
Like my son’s Holden in Leland and Griffin. I love you, Griffey. My manager Joanne Kelowna, Jennifer Plant and my best first mate, Jeannie.
Thank you again. Each one and all. I’m so grateful to you.
Good night.
