No, you’re not seeing double Mark Ruffalojust won an Emmy Award for playing two characters.
“Wow, to be with these guys, it’s such an honor.
I’m coming to you from my ancestral land,” Ruffalo said in his virtual acceptance speech.
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“Derek Cianfrance, brother, you did something beautiful.
I couldn’t have done it without you.
The rest of the cast, you gave career-defining performances.
I believe great acting happens between performers in the moment.”
Ruffalo connected the show’s story of mental illness to modern America more broadly.
“It’s about a man fighting for his brother living with mental illness,” he said.
“It’s a story that is common through so much of the U.S. and world today.
We do that with love and with compassion, and we do that by fighting for them.
And that’s what we have to do today.
We have to come together with love for each other.
And if we have privilege, we have to fight for those who are less fortunate and more vulnerable.
That’s what great about America, our diversity.”
Are we going to be a country of division and hatred?
Or are we going to be one of love and strength?"
This is Ruffalo’s second Emmy nomination for acting, and first win as a performer.
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