BEN AFFLECK: Wow, thank you all so much. I can’t believe I’m standing in the place where Daniel Day-Lewis just was. I feel like maybe I’ll be a better actor just for the, like, radiation. [laughter] I am really amazed and stunned, there are so many great actors here and this is voted on by our brothers who are actors. There’s a hundred and some thousand people in SAG-AFTRA. Some of them never get, you know, to come to a place like this. And they vote from home, you know.
First, I want to thank my wife, who I love, and our kids who I also love. You know, and Warner Bros. who I love. Not quite as much, but I do love them. You know, there is so many people who are actors, who want to be actors. I got in SAG in 1986 and I always wanted – just like so many people who came up and made these speeches, and to me this has nothing to do with me, it has to do with the incredible people who are in this movie.
The people you see on stage, we had more than a hundred and fifty actors. They spoke in English, they spoke in Farsi, and the one thing that they had in common was that they came to work every single day, whether they had a line or a look to somebody, or two lines or 10 lines, or a bunch of stuff I couldn’t understand in Farsi, and they wanted to “kill” it to make the movie better.
Because that’s what actors do all over the world, every day. God bless you. Thank you so much for making the movies that you make, and the television you make, and the theater you make. We are in your debt. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you all and thank all these incredible films who were nominated with us.
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: Thank you. Thank you to all my brothers and sisters in the Screen Actors Guild. I’m very happy to be in this room with you tonight. Deepest respect to my fellow nominees. He’s probably not looking in tonight, but Joaquin, you are a remarkable actor and I’m sorry you’re not with us this evening. [applause] My wonderful colleagues, every single cast member, many of whom are here tonight, gave their characters the kiss of life and have no doubt that this is an ensemble award.
I’d like to thank Leonardo DiCaprio, my friend, and Liam Neeson, both who gave me great support and encouragement. And when I was prowling around the idea and wondering whether I could take the risk of doing it, for some reason the guiding principle of the Hippocratic Oath kept nagging at me: First do no harm. And with that modest but important ambition, I set out.
And then it occurred to me that it was an actor that murdered Abraham Lincoln. [laughter] And therefore somehow it’s only fitting that every now and then an actor tries to bring him back to life again. [applause]
I’m terribly proud to have been allowed to carry the baton for a while and now to pass it on. Everything flowed from Steven Spielberg. Thank you. [applause]
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Silver Linings Playbook
JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Thank you. Oh my God, this is incredible. Thank you so much. I want to thank MTV. I’ll explain that. I earned my SAG card when I was 14. I did an MTV promo for “My Super Sweet 16.” And I remember getting it in the mail and it being the best day of my entire life, because it officially made me a professional actor, which put me in the category with all of you.
And now I have this naked statue [laughter] that means that some of you even voted for me. And that is an undescribable [sic] feeling. Thank you. And I want to thank David. You made a movie for your son, so that he wouldn’t feel alone and so that he could feel understood. And I think I can speak on behalf of most of us in saying that you helped more than your son. You’ve helped so many sons and daughters and… [applause] cousins, wives, everybody.
Bradley, my performance would not be what it is without you. You made me better every day and I can say the same for the movie, that the movie would not be what it is without you. And Harvey, I mean, this is just… I don’t even know what to say anymore. You’re a rascal, I’ve said that. [laughter] You have nourished the filmmakers who have nourished me, and you’ve paved a pretty much impossible road for all of us. So thank you.
And thank you to my family, I love you. Thank you. [applause]
ANNE HATHAWAY: Thank you. I’m just so thrilled I have dental. [laughter] I got my SAG card when I was 14. It felt like the beginning of the world. I have loved every single minute of my life as an actor, and I have been the recipient of so much kindness and support from actors in this room and out of it. Thank you for nominating alongside incredible women and incredible performances. Thank you for this award.
And I would like to thank a few people that have been on that path with me. I want to thank my mother for voting for me. [laughs] Or at least she better have. But, thanks, Mom, for being an actor. Thanks, Dad, for being married to an actor and for raising one. It was a very dramatic household. My brothers, I want to thank my representatives, who when you’re actor and you have great representation you are so far ahead of the curve. And I have the most amazing people repping me. And I can’t remember any of your names right now, but I love you. [laughter] Everyone at CAA.
And I have to thank my manager of 14 years, Susan Bymel. You are wonderful and wondrous; and we’ve been together longer than The Beatles, and that’s so cool. And I just want to thank my cast, ‘cause I was in two great casts this year, “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Les Miserables.” And I feel like as an actor whatever you learn from one job you use in the next and I learned so much from “Dark Knight” that I used in “Les Miserables.”
I love you guys. Thank you Tom Hooper, working head at Universal. And thank you so much to my husband. I’ll tell you why I love you later. Bye. [laughs] [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a
FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cast of Helen Hunt
The Sessions
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The Sessions
Outstanding Performance by a
FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cast of Nicole Kidman
The Paperboy
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The Paperboy
Outstanding Performance by a
FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cast of Maggie Smith
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Transcript of Maggie Smith
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
PHYLLIS LOGAN: We are so not expecting this. Oh! Shut the French windows, honestly. Oh! [laughter] Oh, would somebody grab this. Oh, we… here. Oh! We would like to thank, well, first of all the SAG for even bothering to consider us against this fantastic category that we’re in. We’re just absolutely overwhelmed by it all. And here’s Allen, Sophie and Michelle and Amy.
If I forget anything, come and whisper in my ear, will you? And, thank you to PBS, Rebecca Eaton, for putting us on in the first place. NBC Universal. Must thank Julian Fellowes, of course, who started this whole thing going. And all at Carnival Films, Gareth Neame, Liz Truebridge, and, of course, Peter Fincham at ITV. What else have I forgotten? Anyway, we wouldn’t… hey? Yes! We… [laughs]…all our fellow Downtonians who can’t be here, we’re really sorry and wish they were. But we wouldn’t be a proper ensemble without our crew who are amazing. And they’re as much part of it as we are. So, here’s to our crew. In fact, all your wonderful crews as well, I’m sure, too. Thank you so much. [applause]
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON: I’ve been elected to speak for the group. We are so honored to be nominated against the brilliant casts of “Glee” and “Nurse Jackie,” “Big Bang” ratings – “Theory.” But also I think we’d be doing the evening a great disservice if we didn’t mention the brilliant departing cast of “30 Rock” and “The Office.” [applause] You all have set the comedy bar so high, and if we can just be half as brilliant and smart and wonderful as you are, then we’ve succeeded.
We’re all fans of yours, except for Aubrey, she has no idea who you guys are. But if we can absorb any of you into our cast, if you need jobs, please call our casting director, Jeff Greenberg. Which brings me to Jeff Greenberg: thank you so much for these jobs. [applause] All of us are indebted to you. Ed O’Neill was offer only so he’d probably be here anyway. And I think Sofia had a development deal, but the rest of us are very indebted to you.
Thank you so much. This is a huge honor. We love being actors. You’ve been so generous. Thank you. [applause]
BRYAN CRANSTON: Thank you. Oh, it is so good to be bad. [cheers] I am so pleased and so honored to receive this award. I’d love to thank our very courageous network, AMC, and our all- supportive studio, Sony Television. Our writers, directors, our beautiful crew in New Mexico who work so hard. Also, Vince Gilligan who wrote… [applause]…he wrote the role of my career and I am forever grateful to you, sir.
To my lovely wife and daughter, Robin and Taylor, who wrote…who created the role of my life, I love you guys so much. I am so pleased that I am here with this table of great actors, with Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn, [applause throughout] Jonathan Banks, Bob Odenkirk, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Laura Fraser, Jesse Plemons, Steven Michael Quezada, Betsy – I’m so excited.
Thank you all for – and all the actors who have graced our stage with their talent. Thank you for making me a better actor and a richer man for knowing you. Thank you to Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas, our beautiful casting directors. [applause] What a wonderful job. And to my brothers and sisters in SAG-AFTRA who have endowed me with this wonderful, wonderful award. And so, tonight at least I’m well endowed. Thank you very much and goodnight. [applause]
CLAIRE DANES: Wow! That’s very cool. So, I guess I’m an “actor,” I’m not an “actress.” That answers that question. This is amazing. Thank you. Thank you very much. As a brand spanking – or “Spanxing” – new mom, I keep finding myself referring to the cliché of “It takes a village to raise a child.” And the same is very much true of making a television series. And it means everything to be here with my buddies, my cast, my brilliant cast.
You know, I am the recipient of this incredible collaboration and the success of my performance is hugely defined by that of those I work with. Mainly Damian, the dark or light side of my moon, depending on how you look at it. Mandy… and David and David. And also the actors… Rupert now, our new cast member. The actors I don’t really get to act with actively so much, Morena and Morgan. But we are so very connected and, you know, Morena, for example, runs my lines with me almost every night, while making dinner for me. So, I’m just so indebted to them.
And my team, Michael Aglion, and Jodi Gottlieb, Cliff-Gilbert Lurie and my date tonight, Stephanie Ritz. My other date, Brian Swardstrom. Stephanie, I remember when, my agent, when we were talking about potentially taking this role on, she said, “Well, you know, you’ll have a lot to do!” [laughter] Which is kind of the understatement of my career.
So, I owe all of that “doing” to Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Michael Cuesta. Thank you so much. This really means an enormous amount to me. Thank you. [applause] Oh! And my husband my baby!
Outstanding Performance by a
FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Cast of Michelle Dockery
Downton Abbey
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Downton Abbey
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FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Cast of Jessica Lange
American Horror Story: Asylum
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American Horror Story: Asylum
ALEC BALDWIN: Oh my God! This is ridiculous. So again I have to say thank you to Tina and to all of our writers, great, great writers; it’s the end of our show, which is sad, everybody’s sad about that. It was the greatest experience I’ve ever had. So thank you to Tina and Robert Carlock and Kay Cannon and all of our writers who were fantastic.
I want to thank my wife Hilaria who is here with me, who is my real prize in this world, another greatest thing. And my agent Matt DelPiano from CAA asked me to thank him, and to mention that he was the greatest agent in the history of show business. [laughter] And I want to say now that I’m out of a job and I’m unemployed, Matt DelPiano is the greatest agent in the history of show business. Thank you all very much and goodnight. Thank you. [applause]
TINA FEY: Oh my goodness! That’s so nice. Thank you for letting me in this union, and I… I share this with everyone else in our cast. With Jane and Tracy and Judah and Alec, and Keith and Scott and everybody. I feel like, I also want to say I share this with my sweet friend, Amy Poehler who I’ve known for so long. [applause] I’ve stolen many of your moves. Amy, I’ve known you since you were pregnant with Lena Dunham. I’ve known you so long. [laughter] And I love you.
And to Robert Carlock for keeping this ridiculous train moving when I was on set. And to my husband Jeff Richmond for scoring every episode for free, because we’re married. I love you so much. [laughter] And thank you so much where our finale is on this Thursday at 8:00. Up against “The Big Bang Theory.” So, just tape “The Big Bang Theory” for once, for crying out loud! Thank you. [applause]
JULIANNE MOORE: Oh, wow, thank you so much. This means so much to me coming from all the actors who voted. It’s really, really meaningful. And thank you for putting me in the company of these amazing actresses, all of whom I admire so very much. You know, we watch a lot of basketball in my family and we talk constantly about what it takes to win a championship. And it’s not about individual achievements, it’s really about the team.
So, I had the tremendous good fortune of being on a wonderful acting team. So, I’d like to thank them and I want to read their names: Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Sarah Paulson, Peter MacNicol, Ron Livingston, David Barry Gray, Larry Sullivan, Mikal Evans, Jamey Sheridan, Bruce Altman, Colby French, Spencer Garrett, Brian Howe, Austin Pendleton, Melissa Farman, Brittany Underwood, Taya Miller, Jenna Stern, Douglas Nelson, Sandy Bainum, Tiffany Thornton, Kevin Bigley, Justin Gaston, Shirley Rumierek, Alex Hyde-White, Ron Perkins, Brian d’Arcy James, Tara Garwood, Rain Pryor, John Rothman and the little adorable baby, Arlo James. I couldn’t have asked for a better team. [applause]
