“If there’s no risk, then why bother?”

“I want to learn from the people I’m working with at this point in my career.

This is a prime opportunity.

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’

Brendan Fraser as Charlie in ‘The Whale’.A24

I wanted to disappear into it.

My hope was that I would become unrecognizable.”

“And I did.

That’s all I got.”

“This is certainly far removed from anything I’ve ever done,” he said.

“I do know it’s going to make a lasting impression.”