The 39-year-old said that he was totally "shocked" by the nomination at the time and was hesitant to go on stage in front of so many people, reports contactmusic.com.
"Things just happened so quickly. Out of nowhere a nomination came about and I remember being completely shocked. My Leonardo-DiCaprio-Whats-Eating-Gilbert-Grape-first-reaction was being terrified of ever having to go up onstage in front of a billion people," he told deadline.com.