Brendan Fraser Gets Emotional While Accepting Best Actor Award for 'The Whale' at SAG Awards 2023
justjared.comBrendan Fraser is a winner! The 54-year-old actor won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in The Whale at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 26) at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “I will treasure this but never more than what I treasured that I used to keep in my wallet which was my SAG card which I earned in 1991,” an emotional Brendan shared in his acceptance speech. Keep reading to find out more… “It made me feel like I belonged,” Brendan continued. “We’re actors, we all want to belong to a tribe and that’s where I found my tribe.” “I never would have believed I would have been offered the role of my life,” Brendan said, noting how like his character in The Whale, he’s also been on a “raft of regrets” but also found himself “in a sea of hope.” “I’ve been at that sea and I’ve rode that wave lately it’s been powerful and good,” Brendan added. “And I’ve also had that wave smash me right down to the ocean floor and drag my face along there and wind up on some strange beach in a different world and wonder where am I now.” You can check out the full list of winners here.
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