""I think tonight proves that, if you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life," he said. "I was nothing about three years ago. I'm here now. If you are listening, you are focusing, you step out of your comfort zone a little bit, who cares if you get embarrassed? Anything is possible.""
""I made this movie and I got nominated for an Academy Award," he said. "A friend of mine sent me this before, something just like this.""
Owen Cooper became the youngest male to win an acting Emmy by taking Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for portraying the teen murderer in Netflix’s limited series Adolescence. The acceptance speech focused on rejecting toxic masculine shame, encouraging listeners to step out of comfort zones and accept potential embarrassment as part of growth. Cooper experienced an emotional moment when Jake Gyllenhaal surprised him in his hotel room and gifted him a toy duck similar to one Gyllenhaal received before an Academy Award nomination.
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