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Adrien Brody’s Best Actor Acceptance Speech Among The Longest In Oscars History


Adrien Brody spoke for 5 minutes and 40 seconds at the Dolby Theatre.

The Guinness World Records (GWR) currently cites Greer Garson’s 1943 Best Actress acceptance speech as the longest in Academy history at 5 minutes and 30 seconds. He went on to speak to the “fragile” profession that acting is, noting that while it often looks “glamorous,” the truth is that any career “can all go away” in a moment, no matter what one has accomplished. Fun fact: he’s the second consecutive Peaky Blinders star to win Best Actor, following Cillian Murphy with Oppenheimer last year.

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