Alan Arkin winning Best Supporting Actor

welcome back to last year's Best Supporting Actress for The Constant Gardener Rachel Weisz Jamin Honsou spent months scalding under the African sun submerged in the African swamp beaten humiliated shot at age 73

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enjoyed sweltering weeks in an old minivan only to be unceremoniously dumped in the trunk Eddie Murphy, a comic icon, had to travel to the dramatic center of a troubled music icon from a previous generation Jackie Earle Haley, a former child

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had to find something tender in a monstrous pedophile Mark Wahlberg had to find it in him to play the friendly Boston police officer who had arrested him 25 times in his youth and they call these roles

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here are the nominees for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Arkin in Little Miss French Oh purple Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children Jamin is still in Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy and dream girl Mark Wahlberg in The Dead and the Oscar goes to Alan Arkin and Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin says he almost didn't get the role because he had two barrels and claims it was the most flattering rejection I've ever known you shouldn't read but I'd be totally incoherent if I didn't it's handwritten it's brief more than anything I'm deeply moved by the sincere appreciation received for our little film, which sometimes In these fragments I speak so openly about the possibility of growth of innocence and connection, acting for me has always been and always will be a team sport.

I can't work at all unless I feel a spirit of unity around me, so my main sense of gratitude goes to the entire cast. and to the crew and production team of Little Miss Sunshine for creating the same sense of joy, trust, and community as the film you're talking about. I would like to thank the Fox Searchlight Academy, my wife Suzanne, my sons Adam Matthew and Tony for their endless support of my representation of Estelle Lee Frank and Melody and for the great teachers I have had throughout my life both inside and outside of the profession thank you very much