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Brendan Fraser Gets Emotional Discussing His New Film, ‘The Whale’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Every year, the Toronto
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Speaker 1: International Film Festival gives out their Tribute Awards, and if
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Speaker 1: you look at past winners in the Best Actor category,
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Speaker 1: it's a pretty clear indication who might also win the
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Speaker 1: same award at the Oscars in the past three years
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Speaker 1: Joaquin Phoenix for Joker, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, and
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Speaker 1: Bennet at Comberbatch for the Power of The Dog of
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Speaker 1: Old Nap. Both and now Brendan Fraser was just presented
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Speaker 1: the Tribute Award for The Whale this past weekend and
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Speaker 1: the moment wasn't lost on him and an equally emotional speech,
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Speaker 1: he said, The Whale is a redemption story about a
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Speaker 1: guy who's gone through life changes and has forgotten about
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Speaker 1: the ones he loves and is running out of time
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Speaker 1: to tell them that. But he has a superpower, Charlie
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Speaker 1: can see the good in others when they can't see
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Speaker 1: it in themselves. I'm a firm believer, he says, that
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Speaker 1: we need more of that in this world. It's the
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Speaker 1: audience that gives cinema life. So I must thank them
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Speaker 1: for keeping me in the job that I love because
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Speaker 1: it's nice work. If you can get it. The Whale
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