Thank you. Oh. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh. I am- I'm supposed to speak on behalf of... our cast. And. There's supposed to be a teleprompter somewhere. And I don't see it, so. So I'm just gonna speak. Uh...
So, first of all... this project... is anointed. This project is anointed, and from that standpoint, uh, we are all anointed to be a part of this incredible journey. Created by the genius Ryan Coogler.
Zinzi. Sev. Mike De Luca, Pam Abby. I have to do this. I'm sorry, but I got to do it. There's a young lady named Suzanne Fritz who's right there. Ayy, ayy. Suzanne, stand up, stand up, stand up. Because, because Suzanne has been there from the beginning, giving us faith and belief that never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever faltered since Suzanne Fritz.
Extraordinary. I love y'all, man. Thank you. Every last one of this cast, this company, the company, in front of the camera, behind the camera. Francine Maisler.
We brought every single day, every single day, we brought ourselves, we brought our hearts, we brought our souls, we brought our spirits to this endeavor. And to be recognized by you all... Thank you does not come anywhere near to encompassing what we feel, the gratitude. And they tell me to wrap up. I'm not going to wrap up. Thank you. Thank you. I don't know. From the bottom of our hearts to the bottom of your hearts: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for everything. God bless y'all.
Wow. I want to take a minute to see all these incredible, inspiring faces and souls in front of me. I have been categorically changed by so many people in this room and beyond. To um to get to work with my... part of my hand and stand beside my brilliant... Daring friends who show me their heart. I mean what a way to spend a life. Thank you, Thank you. I'd like to, um... You! I'd like to say a special thank you to my incredible friend and date tonight, Emily Watson.
Breaking the waves made me whisper to myself, "That's what I want to do." And to share those scenes with you in Hamnet, I will cherish that for the rest of my life. Your wild imagination, your, brave untethered womanhood, your ferocious gentleness is a guiding light to me and the best advice that you always give to me is to always go back to the well of just being human. Ground zero, babe. You're the realest of the real. I love and cherish being part of this community. I hope that I can... I hope that I can continue to offer something meaningful back. Thank you very much. This is such a privilege.
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of ROSE BYRNE
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of KATE HUDSON
Song Sung Blue
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Song Sung Blue
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cast of CHASE INFINITI
One Battle After Another
Transcript of CHASE INFINITI
One Battle After Another
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Ugh. Oh, man. I don't even know where to begin. I wasn't expecting this at all. And I just want to quickly say that I'm so honored and privileged to be nominated in categories with people and actors and humans that I love, and I love their work and what you contribute to our craft. This ride has been unbelievable, so thank you for welcoming me in and making me feel seen, bro. And y'all know how I feel about y'all. Ugh. I remember, yeah, I want to thank SAG-AFTRA. I remember as a kid, uh, in this industry, you had to earn your vouchers to become a member of SAG. And I remember, you know, I thought it was, you know, this club. This club that I want to be in so bad but you had to get, you know, vouchers depending on how many lines you had in an episode or a show would determine, you know, if you, if you if you got that, got that, got that membership card or not. And. And I remember watching all the other actors that I looked up to being a part of that club, being a part of SAG-AFTRA, being a part of this community. And I was like, man, I want to be that one day. So I remember when I got my SAG-AFTRA card, I was like, 'Man, I'm a, I'm like an entry-level member." And those guys that were onstage with the awards and the nice suits talking being in fancy places like that, that's what I always wanted. And that kid from North Jersey is standing here right now. Um, Mom, thank you for driving me back and forth to New York when we didn't have enough money to go through the Holland Tunnel. When we were looking for gas money, parking spaces, you know what I'm saying. When I went up there for my auditions, thank you. Um, I want to thank Ryan Coogler for giving me the opportunity to show what I can do and to be fearless and to... create a safe space for us to find the truth. What you do with all the other actors that we had the opportunity to work with— Wunmi, Miles, Delroy, Hailee, Jayme, Li-Li, Omar, everybody that had something to do with this movie. You guys lent us your talents and you left us your time and your vulnerability. So thank you for allowing me to do my best work. Man, just being in this room right now with all these people who've seen me grow up in front of the camera and in these rooms, and I feel the love and support that you've always given me and encouraged me to go on and do my best. So just want to say thank you and uh, yeah, man, it's pretty cool. Yes, please. Thank you. Oh, Mike, Pam, Warner Brothers, thank you guys. Love y'all.
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Leading Role
Woo hoo hoo hoo! Ha ha ha! Wow! Yeah. It's such an honor to be here. I've been doing this a long ass time, and I have never been nominated by the SAG committee and by the Guild. I'm a proud member, and I keep getting asked tonight, well, what is it about this night? And I said, because actors love other actors. They just love being with them. We want to be working with them. We want to look up at them and just go, man, you guys are so good. I just want to thank everybody. I'm a union person. I come from Chicago and everything. Everybody in my family, all my friends, relatives, whatever, we're all union people. And I don't care what somebody says, they're not going to bust us, ever.
But, um... Gladys is... It has surprised me. She's getting a lot of love back. Hee hee! I didn't know y'all wanted to hang out with her, so. Anyway, but you know what? This is about the actors and I'm so happy for this because I want to give a shout out to the ensemble. Which is the beautiful Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Einrich. Austin Abrams, little Kerry Christopher, you know, Benedict Wong, Toby Huss. I mean, all of the little kids who ran around with us and the stunt people. I did terrorize them, but... I let them rip me apart, so it was okay. It truly is the ensemble, and I just want to thank, of course, Zack Cregger for this. Great honor. I wasn't expecting this, but... It does really mean a lot to me, from my peers. We had a lot of casting changes because of COVID and strikes and this and that. And I want to give a shout out to Allison Jones who assembled all of us.
Woo-hoo-hoo! Let's see, what do we have here? Okay. Anyway, sorry, I digressed. It was like when you were little and you had the Barbie and then you got Ken and you whipped down his drawers and you went, 'Ken has nothing.' I never quite understood. Anyway, I really am digressing. I apologize. Ha ha ha! As you can tell, I'm nervous and I'm just overwhelmed and so happy. Thank you everybody, so much.
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cast of WUNMI MOSAKU
Sinners
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Sinners
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cast of TEYANA TAYLOR
One Battle After Another
Transcript of TEYANA TAYLOR
One Battle After Another
I will be honest and say that, of all the trophies that are out there, I was so desirous of this one for this cast, just so I could share this moment right now with them. I've never been more proud of a group of people in my life. This is the hardest working group of people who answered a call for a kind of buy-in, immersive, total, you know, experience. And it's been challenging and difficult and rewarding in ways that I couldn't possibly fathom. But I look at your faces and every second of it, I wouldn't change one thing. Does anybody else want to say anything? I don't know. Oh my God, we're so grateful for this. I can't even talk. And to the fellow nominees, the work is so exceptional. The work is so exceptional that this is really humbling and really exciting. Thank you very, very much.
Outstanding Performance by an
Ensemble in a Drama Series
Oh my gosh! Thank you. Thank you. Dang it, this is... Thank you very much. I thought for sure, no. Okay. Thank you so much. This is such an honor. And to be voted by the peers, it's just incredible. And I have to say, this show is so wonderful because of Deborah Kahn, who writes our show. Thank you. Any one of you would be so lucky to be on this show. Her writing is so good. And Rufus, who is with me, is... You are so good in this show, as is every single actor on this show. We always say, Rufus and I always say, every single one of you could have your own show, and their character could be a full show. You are all so good. And I'm just grateful. Thank you very much, and happy St. David's Day to my Welsh guy. Thank you very much.
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Drama Series
Cast of RHEA SEEHORN
PLURIBUS
Transcript of RHEA SEEHORN
PLURIBUS
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Drama Series
Wow. Thank you. Somebody had told me that you had to say seven words to get a SAG card. And in 1990, I got one line in a television miniseries called Blind Faith with Robert Urich and Joanna Kearns. One line, five words. And I spent all morning in my four-banger scheming on how to stretch that out so I could get my card, and I improvised, excuse me, what's going on down there. And then I found out it didn't matter. Uh, but what did matter was getting that card. This card, which I've had in my wallet for the last 36 years. I love being an actor. I love actors. Working with you, playing with you, and, when necessary, marching alongside of you has been the greatest joy of my life. I'm so grateful to this union and for all the protections and privileges that it affords me, and I don't take it for granted and I don't forget the hard-won fights and battles by giants who fought before us on whose shoulders I and we all stand. Yeah. I'm so grateful for this. I'm so grateful to the membership of SAG-AFTRA, to the membership of all of our sibling unions, especially our cast and crew, and to labor unions everywhere. Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
Thank you. I'm back. This is such an honor. I really... This show would not be... possible to even produce were it not for the amazing talents of the ensemble of actors that I work with every day. We shoot every scene in one take. There's no coverage there's no singles, there's no close-ups, there's no masters, there's no insert shots. Every scene in the show is one continuous take, and so, if if anyone messes up anything, you're potentially messing up a great performance by one of your fellow actors. If you improvise something great and someone laughs, then you've ruined that. It can be— it's a real team effort to a degree that, uh, probably nothing I've ever made in my entire life has been, and that's what I wanted. And, and when I put the cast together, I was really looking for people I was excited to perform with every day and who I knew would be able to carry the weight of this very difficult way to shoot. So Catherine, Chase, Ike, and O'Hara, this show wouldn't be makeable without all of you guys. And I love working with you all day, every day. And I look forward to being with you guys tomorrow, bright and early. So thank you again. This is a real honor. Thank you all very much.
I was asked to assume the very sad honor of accepting this award on O'Hara's behalf. Um, I know she would have been honored to receive this award from her fellow performers, who I know she respected so much. She was such big fans of all of yours. Um, I obviously, you know, have been reflecting on the time I was fortunate enough to spend with her and working with her. And something that I've just been marveling at over the last few weeks was really her ability to be generous and kind and gracious while never ever minimizing her own talents, and her own ability to contribute to the work that we were doing. She knew she could destroy and she wanted to destroy every day on set, and I, I haven't, I mean, I haven't-
Don't tell this to the other actors because I didn't want them to get ideas, but pretty much every evening before she had a shooting day on our show, she would email uh me and Evan, an email that always was pretty similar and it said, 'Hello, I hope you'll consider the following and then there would be a completely rewritten version of the scene. She was it. Uh, and literally 100 of the time it made not just her character better, but it made the scene better and the entire show better as a whole. She really showed that you can be a genius and be kind, and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other in any way, shape or form. So I guess I'll just leave you with this: if you have people in your lives that don't know her work, if there are kids in your lives, or just people who are out of touch or stupid or something, show them O'Hara dancing to Harry Belafonte in Beetlejuice. Show them O'Hara hurting her knee in Best in Show and doing that amazing thing where she hobbles around and tell the people as they are laughing that that's Catherine O'Hara. And we were lucky that we got to live in a world where she so generously shared her talents with us. Thank you.
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Cast of JENNA ORTEGA
WEDNESDAY
Transcript of JENNA ORTEGA
WEDNESDAY
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Cast of JEAN SMART
HACKS
Transcript of JEAN SMART
HACKS
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Thank you. Hello. Wow. What an honor. What an award. This is a great award show. I don't think this is, they got food and drinks and shit. This is incredible. It's not 100 million degrees in here. It's wonderful. You were able to pay your own employees enough to keep the award show from being cancelled. Take notes, WGA. A true honor to be here. I honestly, I hoped my ego was strong enough to withstand losing to Ike. I'm glad I don't have to find out. Thank you. I would have been meaner to you at work, no matter what. It would have created a weird dynamic on set. I can admit that. It's truly, I always honestly kind of consider myself more of a writer who is able to write myself. roles that I then kind of forced. people to allow me to perform in, but this. actually makes me feel like an actor for this evening, so I really appreciate it. Thank you all. Have a good night.
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Cast of MARTIN SHORT
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
Transcript of MARTIN SHORT
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
I don't know. Oh, wow. Thank you so much. This is such a surprise. Um, I... I've been doing this since I was very young, and I thought that when you played somebody's kid, it meant that you were actually their family. So I was always really bereft at the end of a job to say goodbye to Mommy and Daddy and never hear from them again. I'm- But to Jenny, to Rob, to Jay, to David, to Esco, to Sissy: I will let nothing of you go ever. And to the geniuses of the flying penises, Kim, Liz, Shannon, I love you guys. To FX and 20th for giving me a forever home. And to the real life Nikki and Molly, this is for you, this is about you. And to the Nikki, to my Molly, Busy, I love you. Thank you.
