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Timothee Chalamet Sag Awards Acceptance speech about efforts and size becomes viral

The actor Timothee Chalamat won the best actor trophy at the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) for his performance in the Bob Dylan Biopic “A Complete”. The actor's speech from the show is now becoming viral. Not because he made it appear like a surprise, like most actors when they pretend they were not expecting the victory, but because he considered it exactly the opposite.

A calm and composed chalamet first thanked his mother. When he stepped onto the stage, he had all the few moments in front of the microphone. The 29-year-old did not stand by making his efforts and “striving for size” in the speech.

While he was initially “I didn't expect that at all”, the rest of his speech seemed so prepared and surprisingly believed that he didn't really expect it that he didn't expect it at all.

Timothee Chalamet with his mother Nicole Flender at SAG Awards 2025 (Photo: AP)

He did not hit the bush and immersed it directly in the idea of ​​having control over his decisions and building a legacy. He said: “I know that the most classic thing it would be to downplay the efforts that went into this role, and how much this means for me, but the truth is that these were five and a half years of my life.”

Chalamet emphasized the importance of playing a revermed figure like Dylan on the screen and what it needed. “I poured everything I poured into playing this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan, a true American hero, and it was the honor of a life to play him,” he said.

“I know that we are in a subjective business, but the truth is that I am really striving for size,” he continued.

During this time, he said everyone that he was aware of what he said and said every word about it. Chalamet thanked the film team, including his co-stars, and emphasized that the production of a successful biopics is a team performance product.

“I know that people don't usually talk that way, but I want to be one of the sizes. I'm inspired by the sizes. I'm inspired by the sizes tonight. I am so inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis. Marlon Brando and Viola Davis like me by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps.

The “Dune” star mentioned more names in his speech and shared it: “It was the honor of a life to play him. It is an honor that I played with Monica (Barbaro, who played Joan Baez), Edward (Norton , the Pete Seeger played, parts) and the entire line -up that makes a biopic in a genre that might be tired.

He concluded: “Everyone gave everything – I am so grateful to them.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p50uqeil4o

At the age of 29, Chalamet is the youngest person who has ever won the best actor at the SAG Awards. He defeated Ralph Fiennes (concrete), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Daniel Craig (Queer) to win the trophy.

Published by:

Vineeta Kumar

Published on:

February 25, 2025