Much like the three-and-a-half hour epic The Brutalist, Adrien Brody's Oscar-winning speech at the Oscars went on longer than anticipated. Brody, who won the Oscar for Best Actor Sunday, discussed the fragile profession that is acting,

Adrien Brody, who in 2003 became the youngest person to collect a best actor Oscar, broke another record while accepting his second statuette Sunday.

Adrien Brody made a lengthy acceptance speech when he won Best Actor at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2. When the music to signal him to wrap up came on, he asked for it to be turned off so he could finish.