ELI ROTH: Thank you, George Clooney. Thank you so much. Come on up here, guys. The great Michael Fassbender, Jacky Ido, Christoph Waltz, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger, Omar Doom and myself. On behalf of the whole cast of “Inglourious Basterds,” we want to say thank you to Mr. Quentin Tarantino—[applause]—for – for what you did for this film. A year ago – a year ago, we all sat down in Berlin and we read through the script and we all sat around, and we saw that Quentin had pulled together actors from Ireland and from Austria and from France, and from Newton, Massachusetts, and from Germany and from New York, and from the Fangoria Convention. [laughter] And pulled together such a wonderful, wonderful cast. We all felt it was really something special.
So, it was an honor to be a part of it, Quentin. And, for every actor out there, we just want you to know that whether you are Brad Pitt, one of the biggest stars in the world, or someone who has never acted in a motion picture, your vote is a vote for director Quentin Tarantino, who, if he feels you are right for the part, he will give it to you. And, Quentin, your belief in us lets us rise to the occasion and brings out the best in all of us. It was an honor to be a part of this. We love you. Thank you so much. [applause] [cheers] Thank you, everyone. [applause]
JEFF BRIDGES: Whoo! Oh! [standing ovation] Thank you. Thank you so much. Aw, this means so much to me. My god, this is a heavy thing. Whoa! This means so much to be acknowledged like this by my acting family. You guys, that’s what it’s like. It’s like a big family with you guys, playing “advanced pretend.” You know, my mom was real good at that. You always encouraged us to pretend, and it’s like this is just, you know, an advanced version of that. And it especially feels wonderful to be nominated in this great group of actors, with my buddy George, and all of you guys. You’re such wonderful actors. [applause]
I love being an actor. You know, pretending to be other people, getting into the shoes of other folks. Please wrap it up?! Oh man! [laughter] I wish I was – I mean, there’s so many people to thank. Okay, I’m just gonna have to—
MERYL STREEP: Don’t listen to them.
BRIDGES: Don’t listen to it? Just don’t – you did the best one. Yeah, I love that when you just... you know. Scott Cooper, the great director, writer. Thomas Cobb, the wonderful writer of the book. All of the wonderful actors in the movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, her tenderness, her strength, it was so wonderful to be a part of. Colin Farrell, Bob Duvall, my god, what a dream working with those guys. [applause] T-Bone Burnett creating all that great music. [applause] My dear friend Steven Bruton. And, oh yeah, Bone turned me on to a great singing coach, if you guys need to do any singing, [laughter] Roger Love [sp], he’s very good. He does it over the phone, if you can believe it. [laughter]
And I gotta give a shout out to Lloyd Catlett, my stand-in over 50 years. You know, he’s from Texas. Anytime I gotta do a Texan, I just – and just Lloyd gives me a little Texas. You know, that’s – thank you, Lloyd. And my teachers, you know, in life and in acting: my mother, my father and my brother, thank you guys. [applause]
And my main teacher, where are you, I can’t see you? My wife, Sue, wave your hands. There you are! [applause] Thank you, sweetheart. And thank all of you guys. Love playin’ with you! [applause] [cheers]
SANDRA BULLOCK: Oh, if this were only not televised, so I could use the appropriate words I’m feeling right now. [laughter] I am Sandra Bullock, and I’m an actor. And I am...[applause]…so proud to say that in a room full of faces that have inspired me, and allowed me six years ago to say I’m going to stop working ‘cause I wasn’t doing good work, and audition again. And you say goodbye to the money, and you say goodbye to all the things that you became comfortable with.
In 2006, I sat in this room with a little film called “Crash,” and I got to look at the people who got me here. So, to the Screen Actors Guild, thank you so much. [applause]
To the opportunities from John Lee Hancock, our director, who allowed me to step up to the plate. To Francie Brown, my dialects coach, who stayed in the room when I had a temper tantrum.
To Alar Kivilo, our cinematographer. If you saw what I looked like in the morning, and what ended up on film, two very different things. [laughter] To my fellow actors on screen: Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Kathy Bates, the list goes on and on. I adore you and I’m inspired by you. And to my husband, Jesse, who works so hard all day, and you get dressed up in monkey suits, and you sit at a table with people you don’t know. [laughter] And I leave you there and then you come back with, like, Morgan Freeman’s email. I don’t know how you do it. [laughter] I love you so much, and you’re really hot. And... [laughter] I want you so much. [laughter]
And just to everyone in this room, thank you for making me proud to be an actor, and allowing me to be here. And just accepting me. Thank you so much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of Helen Mirren
The Last Station
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The Last Station
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of Carey Mulligan
An Education
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An Education
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of Gabourey Sidibe
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
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Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Transcript of Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
Thank you so much. A stage actor acts on a stage. But a screen actor doesn’t act on the screen. The stage actor just walks on by himself, but the screen actor is put on by projectionist. Yet we dedicate our lives to our contribution of the whole, and yes in occasional fits of megalomania we consider ourselves worthy of a script like “Inglourious Basterds,” or a director like Quentin Tarantino, or men like Harvey Weinstein, or David Linde, or a studio like Weinstein or Universal. Or partners like Brad or Diane, and back-up personally like Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. But after the rude awakening, we just carry on with our lives.
We work towards what can only be hoped for in utmost secrecy. This is what I was granted by working with Quentin Tarantino on “Inglourious Basterds.” For this I’m indebted and grateful to all of you, for this as well. To all of you, including the projectionist.
Cast of Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Transcript of Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
MO’NIQUE: Wow. [cheers] Thank you to every member of the Screen Actors Guild. I am so very honored. There are some people that I must thank, that could easily go overlooked. But without these people, this film could have not been what it is. I have to say thank you to Aunt Dot, who plays Mary Jones’ mother. [applause] I have to say thank you to the Each One Teach One Students, [cheers] y’all were absolutely amazing.
I have to say thank you to Lisa Cortes, who was an amazing producer, and who put the work in every single day. And I have to thank the little girl that we called “Mongo.” Her name is Quishay, and I want to thank that baby and her mother for allowing us to use that special gift in this project. Lee Daniels, you never cease to amaze me. God got somethin’ on you brother that you can’t begin to imagine the gift.
God bless us all. [cheers] Thank you very much. [applause]
Thank you, Lizzie, for being prompt. [applause/cheers] Thank you very much. It’s an honor just to be in this room with all of you insanely talented people. I’d like to thank every one of our – the male members of our cast – for giving me the note about growing a beard. [laughter] Except Jared. Way to go, buddy. Way to drop the ball.
It is truly a collaborative effort the making of our show. We wouldn’t be anywhere without our insanely talented staff of writers, our amazing crew that does in seven days what some shows take even longer to do. So, [laughter] we are very happy to be here, very happy to accept this. And thank you all very much. [applause]
JANE LYNCH: We have also the largest cast. My God, you guys, come on. This is unreal. We want to say congratulations to all the other nominees, and we couldn’t be happier to be acting on this show. And to be chosen by our peers means the world to us. We would like to thank Ryan Murphy for giving us the parts of a lifetime. [cast applauds] Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and Ryan for pitching into our strike zone every week. And we thank them so much. And of course, you don’t do this in a vacuum. We want to thank our crew who do in 10 days what should take a month-and-a-half. So, thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you so much to our union for this recognition. Thank you to our writers for their plate-spinning ability and audacity. And thank you as well to our crew who I think have as much to do with the cohesiveness that we manage on this show as anyone. And finally, again, to my cast mates, thank you for your professionalism and your talent, and for your willingness to endure all those awkward pauses while Dexter thinks his voiceover. [laughter]
Thank you to my wife, Jennifer. Thank you for wearing that dress. [laughter] And thank you to my mom for keeping all the most important doors open for me.
Thank you so much to the Screen Actors Guild. It’s such an honor. I wouldn’t be standing here if it weren’t for my brilliant writers: Michelle and Robert King. It’s a privilege to play this role. And it just gets better. You always think TV is so difficult because the pilot, they had a year to write it, and then every episode they only have a week. But you get better and better with every episode, and I’m just thrilled to play this role.
And to Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi, Matt CzuchryZukri, Chris Noth, Makenzie Vega, Graham Phillips – oh god, am I missing anyone? I hope not. Josh Charles, did I say him, you guys? I share this all with you. And to my parents, I just have to say, my mother and father call me after every single episode. [laughter] And they’ve been so supportive of me and have such interest in my life, in every role I take – oh except “Snakes on a Plane,” they weren’t... [laughter]…they weren’t so proud of that one. But they’re proud of this one, and I really appreciate your interest.
Thank you so much.
I’m really happy to get an award from Justin Timberlake, but I’m really, really, really happy to get an award from Kate Hudson. [laughter] I just want to say thank you, this is completely unexpected, congratulations to all the other nominees. And thank you to everybody involved with the show. Tina and all of our writers back home, and our crew and our cast, many of whom are here with us. We have a great experience there; we have a great group of people.
But I want to say, especially tonight, that I’m proud to be a member of this union. I’m proud to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild. The work that is done by the union is important work, to benefit people, many of whom are not in this room tonight, and don’t get to star in films and television projects, and so forth. And they rely on the union to work hard for them, for their residuals and their benefits, and so forth, and we have a... [applause] Yeah, thank you.
We have another negotiation coming up very soon, and it’ll be right around the corner, as we all remember. And I just want to say, I am proud, proud, proud to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and thank you very much. [applause]
Oh, my gosh! This is so exciting because every time they play that song, my husband gets fifteen cents! [laughter] So, we got that.
I’m very surprised. I share this with the cast of “30 Rock” and the writers. And I want to thank some of my acting teachers, because I actually did have some. [laughter] Richard Warner and Betsy Tucker at the University of Virginia, in Chicago, Don DiPaolo and Martin DeMott, and the late and very, very mean Del Close. [laughter] And my current acting teacher, Alec Baldwin; I learn from you every single day. My husband Jeff and my sweet, sweet Alice.
And I just wanted to take a moment to say to everyone at NBC, we are very happy with everything. [laughter] [applause] And, happy to be there. So, thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Cast of Julia-Louis Dreyfus
The New Adventures of the Old Christine
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The New Adventures of the Old Christine
Thank you so much for this. Thank you, let’s see, to my brothers and sisters in the Screen Actors Guild for including me with this amazing group of performers. I hope that we are colleagues and not competitors. I want to say thank you to everybody who was involved in the making of “Taking Chance,” from the inception to the broadcast of it. We should all be very proud of this great film.
I want to give a shout-out to Master Sergeant Vic Szalankiewicz. [applause] Vic had the unenviable job of trying to make me look like a Marine. And his real job is even harder. He’s back from his third tour of Iraq and probably on his way down to Haiti. [applause] So, Vic, thanks for your help with this.
And…lastly, I just want to say to my – my beautiful wife and family, you know, we actors, we’ve got to go away sometimes. And, you know, not just like physically, but into the heads and hearts of the characters that we play. So, thanks for trusting that I’ll always find my way back. Thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Cast of Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Cast of Jeremy Irons
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Cast of Kevin Kline
GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC
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GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC
Um, um, okay. Thank you very much. Again, I’m not used to this, and, um um, um... Okay. But funny, improv is usually a good thing, and it’s backfiring on me very badly right now. I’m someone who – I want to speak from my heart and spontaneously, and this is not going well. Um, I just – I’m very proud to be a member of this Guild, all 120,000 members are just incredible. [applause]
And this started in 1933, and my family was – the Barrymores were acting at that time, and I’m very honored to keep their name alive. And I’m very... [applause]… honored to be in this room with you. And Jessica, to be in your company. And Michael, for you to give me a chance, I’m incredibly indebted. Because we just want so badly to express range and to try things that we never thought we could do, or take risks.
And right now I feel really sick—[laughter—and nervous, and that is a good thing. Because when you feel that way, I think you’re on a good path, at least in a professional sense. [laughter]
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. [applause]
