Brody spoke for 10 seconds longer than previous record holder, Greer Garson.
Garson’s win forher powerful performance inMrs.
Miniver came before the ceremony was televised, so footage of her speech is not available.
Adrien Brody and Kieran Culkin at The Oscars.Credit:Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty (2)
“This is a really heavy award,” Culkin joked about the trophy.
I love you; its a joke.
You take your time," he said.
Greer Garson and James Cagney in 1943.Bettmann Archive
“Lord knows I will.
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The length of Brody’s speech was certainly not lost on the show’s producers.
Adrien Brody with his second Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
“Im wrapping up.
I will wrap up; turn the music off.
Ive done this before,” Brody told the powers that be.
Its not my first rodeo, but I will be brief.
I will not be egregious, I promise.”
He previously became the youngest winner in the Best Actor category after winning forThe Pianistin 2003.
After sharingan infamous smoochwithHalle Berry, he proceeded to speak for over four minutes.
When the orchestra inevitably chimed in to play Brody off, he stopped it in its tracks.
“Wait, one second,” heinsisted in 2003.
“One second, one second, just.
Cut it out I get one shot at this.”
Watch Brody’s record-breaking speech above.
