Robert Downey Jr. Thanks “Terrible Childhood And The Academy — In That Order” As He Takes Supporting Actor Oscar For ‘Oppenheimer’
deadline.comThree times a charm for Robert Downey Jr. who finally won an Oscar on this third nomination tonight for his turn as Lewis Strauss, the hostile United States Atomic Energy Commissioner in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Ever the wonderful wisenheimer, Downey Jr, beamed, “I’d like to thank my terrible childood and the Academy — in that order.”Giving a big shoutout to his producer wife, Susan Downey, err “veterinarian,” the Iron Man thespian heralded, “She found me as a snarling rescue pet and loved me back to life.
That’s why I’m here, thank you.” “Here’s my little secret, I needed this job more than it needed me. Chris (Nolan) knew it, Emma (Thomas) made sure she surrounded me with one of the great casts and crews of all time –Emily, Cillian, Matt Damon, Blunt—it was fantastic and I stand here a before you a better man because of it,” said Downey, Jr. “What we do is meaningful, and the stuff we decide to make is important,” the actor continued. “Back to my publicist, my agent Phillip Raskind, and Andrew Dunlap, and my den mother, Joy Fehily, thank you very much.
I’m going to thank my stylist in case no one else does. Thanks, Erika, thank you very much. And I’m just going to say this, my entertainment lawyer, Tom Hansen, of 40 years, half of which he tried getting me insured and bailing me out of the hoosegow – thanks Bro!” From the minute Universal’s Oppenheimer hit the screen back in July, buzz for Downey Jr.’s nuanced, complicated turn as the foe to J.
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