Adrien Brody Makes Oscars History with Longest Acceptance Speech Ever – IndieWire
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We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Adrien Brody made history at the 2025 Oscars, according to Guinness World Records. The “Brutalist” Best Actor winner now also holds the title for longest Academy Awards acceptance speech across 97 years of the ceremony. This is Brody’s second Academy Award for Best Actor; he first won for “The Pianist” in 2003.Brody’s “The Brutalist” Academy Award acceptance speech edged out the previous record-holder, Greer Garson, by only 10 seconds. Garson’s 1943 “Mrs Miniver” acceptance speech was 5 minutes and 30 seconds long, while Brody’s was 5 minutes and 40 seconds to top the record for longest ever.
When the customary music began to play at the 40-second mark for Brody on Sunday night, he said onstage, “Turn the music off! I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will be brief.”
Related Stories ‘Jaws’ to Celebrate 50th Anniversary with Massive Academy Museum Exhibition The Oscars Are Starting to Represent Anyone, Anywhere, All at Once Well, he wasn’t entirely brief. The actor, who beat out fellow nominees Timothée Chalamet, Sebastian Stan, Colman Domingo, and Ralph Fiennes, spent the next few minutes discussing how being an actor is a “fragile profession.”“It looks very glamorous, and at certain moments it is. But the one thing that I’ve gained having the privilege to come back here is to have some perspective,” Brody said. “No matter where you are in your career, no matter what you’ve accomplished, it can all go away. And I think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that, and the gratitude that I have to still do the work that I love.” He continued, “I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression, and of anti-semitism, and racism, and of othering, and I believe that I pray for a healthier and happier, and a more inclusive world, and I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked. … OK, I’ll get out of here, I love you, I appreciate you all. Let’s fight for what’s right, keep smiling, keep loving one another, let’s rebuild together. Thank you.”Back in 2003 for his first win, Brody similarly shrugged off the timekeepers’ musical warning while onstage. “One second, please. One second. Cut it out,” he said at the time. “I got one shot at this. I didn’t say more than five names, I don’t think.”By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
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