Brendan Fraser Admits He Still ‘Struggles With Confidence’ After Oscar Win

Brendan Fraser has racked up several acting awards since his career revival, but he still struggles with the feeling of “not being good enough.”

The actor recently admitted that he has “confidence” issues even after recording a massive success with his Oscar win.

Brendan Fraser won’t stop putting in the work, though, and had to learn Japanese to really take in their way of life for a new film.

In a recent interview with Associated Press, the 2023 Best Actor Oscar winner shared that he “still struggles with confidence,” while promoting his new film “Rental Family.”

In the Hikari-directed movie, Fraser plays the role of an American actor working odd jobs in Tokyo, Japan. Joking about his character during the interview, he noted that the role helps him stay grounded.

“Don’t get too comfortable. It can happen to me,” Fraser stated before going on to share his battle with self-doubt.

“I  struggle with confidence,” he continued. “I always have the feeling of not being good enough. Believe me, no one can be harder on me than me.”

“No critic, no pithy internet comment can be more biting to me than myself in my private thoughts,” the 56-year-old added.

Fraser’s career resurgence has been one of the most incredible comebacks with his role on Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” however, this has not been able to help him be confident again.

Speaking further about his struggles with self-doubt, the actor reiterated, “I grapple with overcoming that,” before going on to recall when he hosted “Saturday Night Live” and got somewhat spooked by producer Lorne Michaels’ comments about being confident.

Fraser recounted how Michaels told him, “‘You know, it’s all about confidence.’ I don’t know if that psyched me up or not.”

He continued, “Forget everything you know and just own it. Can you do that is the question, the eternal one.”

Meanwhile, to get the new movie role, Fraser had to make a lot of sacrifices as he immersed himself in Japanese culture.

During a September post-screening Q&A session, he revealed that he had to learn the language for the movie.

While he noted that he’s “not a very good student,” Fraser stressed that he is “an excellent mimic.”

“So what you, of course, didn’t see through the magic of editing, people were feeding me lines as I was making them sound as if they were my own,” he revealed, per People Magazine.

Fraser added that he became “really good at it really fast,” and that his Japanese castmates “took such good care of me” while they were filming in the country.

On how he tackled the language barrier, Fraser shared that “the fundamentals” he learned as an acting student helped him power through.

According to the movie star, “It doesn’t matter what you’re saying verbally — it’s the intention behind it, and we should be able to communicate with one another no matter what languages we speak.”

He noted that although it’s not an “easy” feat to accomplish when it comes to communication, “if we all just try, we’re gonna understand each other a little bit better.”

“That’s what I took away from it, and my gratitude and love to all my fellow cast members,” the actor concluded.

“Rental Family” ‘s cast includes Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto.