Timothée Chalamet after winning the #SAGAward for Male Actor in a Leading Role: “I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the… pic.twitter.com/Pp11CXoHZT
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Timothee Chalamet won in an upset over Adrien Brody for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, and he gave an upfront speech about his career goals.
“I know the classiest thing would be to downplay the effort that went into this role and how much this means to me, but the truth is this was five years of my life. I poured everything I had into playing this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan, a true American hero. It was the honor of a life time playing him. It’s an honor I share with Monica, Elle, Edward, the entire cast, who, in a genre doin’ a biopic that could be perhaps tired, everyone gave it their all. So deeply grateful to them.
“And lastly, I can’t downplay the significance of this award. Cause it means the most to me. And I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the greats. I’m inspired by the greats here tonight. I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there. So I’m deeply grateful. This doesn’t signify that, but it’s a little more fuel. It’s a little more ammo to keep going. Thank you so much.”
