Adrien Brody is now a record-making Oscar winner.

As the actor, 51, accepted the win for Best Actor for The Brutalist at the 97th Academy Awards, his lengthy speech broke a record for longest acceptance speech in Oscar history — with the speech lasting five minutes and 40 seconds in total.

The record was previously held by Greer Garson, according to Guinness World Records, when she won for Mrs. Miniver in 1943. Garson’s speech was reportedly five minutes and 30 seconds.

Brody poked fun at himself for taking longer than the rest of his fellow Oscar winners. As he began, Brody joked, “You’re already counting me down,” before pleading for more time on stage.

“I’m wrapping up, please, please, please. I’m wrapping up. I will wrap up. Please. Turn the music off,” he said. “I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will — I will be brief. I will not be egregious. I promise.”

Brody’s role as as a Hungarian immigrant and architect fleeing to the U.S. in the wake of the Holocaust in The Brutalist beat out performances by Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown, Colman Domingo in Sing Sing, Ralph Fiennes in Conclave and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice. 

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Amid his ask for more time, Brody’s girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, mouthed for the two-time Oscar winner to remember to thank his parents. Brody expressed gratitude for the “sound foundation of respect and kindness” his parents gave him, as well as “the strength to pursue this dream.”

The Pianist actor also addressed the importance of the film in his acceptance speech. “I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression and of anti-semitism and racism and of othering, and I believe and I pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world. And I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.”

As the music playing off his exit from the stage turned on for a second time, Brody accepted the nudge by quipping, “Okay, I’ll get out of here!”

While Sean Baker’s independent film Anora picked up the most wins of the night including Best Picture, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist won in three categories — Brody’s Best Acting win, as well as Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 97th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien and airing on ABC.