Timothée Chalamet Says He Is In ‘Pursuit Of Greatness’ In 2025 SAG Awards Speech
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00:00But the truth is, I'm really in pursuit of greatness.
00:06I know people don't usually talk like that,
00:07but I wanna be one of the greats.
00:08I'm inspired by the greats.
00:09I'm inspired by the greats here tonight.
00:12Timothy Chalamet had a big night at the SAG Awards.
00:15He took home the award for Male Actor
00:16in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
00:18for his role in A Complete Unknown.
00:21And while on stage, he had some tech issues with the mic.
00:25Oh boy.
00:27No, I raised this up.
00:30I guess I'm just gonna talk low.
00:34I don't know how to get this up.
00:36All right, well thank you.
00:37I was not expecting this at all.
00:39The star thanked his mom
00:40who he had brought with him to the award show.
00:43All right, well thank you.
00:44I was not expecting this at all.
00:46Truly.
00:48I'll start by thanking my mother who I'm here with tonight.
00:51She has been working at Actors' Equity for 40 years,
00:54the stage union.
00:56He said portraying Bob Dylan in the film
00:58was the quote, honor of a lifetime.
01:01I know the classiest thing would be to downplay
01:05the effort that went into this role
01:07and how much this means to me.
01:08But the truth is, this was five and a half years of my life.
01:12I poured everything I had into playing
01:13this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan,
01:16a true American hero.
01:18And it was the honor of a lifetime playing him.
01:22He also said that he was honored
01:24He also said that he aspires to be one of the greats.
01:28And I know we're in a subjective business,
01:32but the truth is, I'm really in pursuit of greatness.
01:37I know people don't usually talk like that,
01:39but I wanna be one of the greats.
01:40I'm inspired by the greats.
01:41I'm inspired by the greats here tonight.
01:43I'm as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis,
01:46Marlon Brando and Viola Davis
01:47as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps.
01:49And I wanna be up there.
01:50So I'm deeply grateful to that.
01:52This doesn't signify that,
01:54but it's a little more fuel.
01:55It's a little more ammo to keep going.
01:56Thank you so much.