Brendan Fraser confesses to still being underconfident despite Oscar win

Brendan Fraser says he has scored a 2023 Oscar Whale It didn’t help his self-doubt much.

Fraser, 56, made the admission in a recent interview Associated Pressand even at this stage in his career, confidence is a struggle.

His latest film, The rental family, He casts himself as an American actor who takes odd jobs in Tokyo, a role he jokes about as a real detective. “Don’t have fun. It could happen to me.”

“I struggle with confidence,” he admitted. “I always have a feeling that I’m not good enough

Fraser reflects on trying to overcome that mindset, reclaiming the advice he once derived from A Saturday night The producer called ‘Michaels’ during one of his guest appearances.

“He said to me, ‘You know, it’s about confidence.’ I don’t know if that caused me to wake up or not. “

He added, “Don’t forget everything you know and own. Can you do that is the question – an eternal one.”

Fraser said that in the period after the Oscars he left him looking for a project that felt right, which unexpectedly led him to The tenant familydirected by Hikari.

“It was an ‘ah’ moment, ‘I think things are going to slow down,'” he said.

Taking a job that required him to immerse himself in Japanese culture also provided a needed reset. “I wanted to remove myself from everything in this place, for a little bit,” he said.

Fraser will play D. EisenHoover in the war drama Pressure and he is going to return Mother franchise