Oscars 2024: Robert Downey Jr. wins his first Academy Award for supporting actor in 'Oppenheimer'
>> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO — ROBERT DOWNEY JR.! >> THIS IS THE FIRST OSCAR WIN FOR ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND HIS THIRD NOMINATION. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AH — THANKS, SAM, THANKS, FELLAS. YOU ONLY FLUBBED ONE LINE. I’D LIKE TO THANK MY TERRIBLE CHILDHOOD AND THE ACADEMY, IN THAT ORDER. I’D LIKE TO THANK MY — VETERINARIAN — I MEANT WIFE, SUSAN DOWNEY OVER THERE. SHE FOUND ME A SNARLING RESCUE PET AND YOU 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 KNEW IT, EMMA MADE SURE THAT SHE SURROUNDED ME WITH ONE OF THE GREAT CASTS AND CREWS OF ALL TIME, EMILY, CILLIAN, IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU A BETTER MAN BECAUSE OF IT. WHAT WE DO IS MEANINGFUL, AND THE STUFF THAT WE DECIDE TO MAKE IS IMPORTANT. SO, BACK TO MY PUBLICIST — MY AGENT, PHILLIP RASKIN IS HERE AND ANDREW DUNLAP, MY DEN MOTHER JOY FEELEY, THANK YOU. I WANT 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 HANSON, OR 40 YEARS, THE HALF OF WHICH HE SPENT TRYING TO GET ME INSURED AND BAILING ME
