Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Helen Mirren / ELIZABETH I - Elizabeth I HBO
HELEN MIRREN: Thank you so much. I’m so proud… I love this award more than any
other awards… [applause] I think especially being a Brit, you know, American
film acting has always inspired us and influenced us, and impressed us – or me
anyway. I’ve always looked to American film actors to teach me how to do it
basically.
For Elizabeth I had the great
advantage of two great writers, Nigel Williams and Elizabeth herself. Because
actually that clip you just saw was actually written by Elizabeth I. I had an
incredible cast, as those of you who saw the piece know, the most
extraordinary actors, Jeremy Irons, who’s here tonight, Toby Jones, Patrick
Malahide, Hugh Dancy, and many, many others. I thank you Screen Actors Guild.
I thank my director, Tom Hooper, and HBO who allowed you all to see it. So
thank you very much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Jeremy Irons / ELIZABETH I - Earl of Leicester HBO
JEREMY IRONS: Into the lion’s den. As Helen said, it was you lot… that sort of
taught me what it was – what one was supposed to do. In fact, I remember the
very first time I went to New York and I asked the guy on Fifth Avenue the way
to get to Madison Avenue. And he said, “What do I look like, an employee
bureau?” I mean, “an information bureau?” [laughter] It was a joke.
And I thought, everybody in America wants to be a movie star, they all sound
like movie stars. And here is a room full of movie stars giving me, who,
whenever I start a job, feel like a plumber, [laughter] giving me an accolade,
it is fantastic to be singled out among such… co-nominees: Mr. Duvall, who,
the first time I heard word of Duvall was when I was going to play with Miss
Glenn Close and he was a great friend of hers. And he said, “How can you trust
a guy who sounds like that?” [laughter] And yet she did, and it worked, and I
don’t know, we just do our… I’m just amazed by this.
Thank you very much. It’s a huge honor. I shall treasure it forever.
[applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK - Jack Donaghy NBC
ALEC BALDWIN: Thank you, thank you to everyone in the Academy, this is a real
honor. I’m really proud to be a member of this Union. This is a great Union
that represents all of the actors that aren’t in this room tonight, who does
great work on their behalf, [applause] who do great work on their behalf. And
congratulations to all the other nominees.
I want to thank
our writers, of course, no sitcom works without good writing, and Tina Fey,
our cast, our crew. Especially Jonathan the focus puller, who at my age,
misses the mark every now and then, [laughs] and shaves six or eight years off
my close-ups, out there a silver cup. Thank you, Jonathan, very much.
[laughter]
I want to thank the production people, Steve
Davis, Rob Albertell, Jerry Kupfer. I want to thank NBC, Jerry Zucker, NBC
Studios, Tifffany Nishimoto, and Summer Grindle, who worked with me. Matt
Hiltzik, the people at CAA, Mike Rosenthal, Matt Delpiano, Lorne Michaels, my
dear friend, because we all have to go to work for somebody every day, and I
have a great boss in Lorne Michaels.
And I want to thank my
mom. Mom, I love you. And I want to thank Nicole for all your love and all
your kindness, and all your friendship. And thank you all very much. This is a
real honor. Thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY - Betty Suarez ABC
AMERICA FERRERA: I am completely out of things to say. I don’t have anything
to say anymore. I think that what’s so special about being in this room is
that I look out and I see faces that have inspired me, and moved me, my entire
life, since I was just a wee little one. And being here, honored by these
faces, is more than I can express.
And I think what’s
amazing is that we share a common knowledge of struggle and of rejection, and
now of success. And that I think only your fellow peers know how sweet the
taste it is, because you know the other side of it.
And it’s
really an incredible knowledge. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Have
a wonderful night. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE OFFICE NBC
Leslie David Baker Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner Kevin Malone
Steve Carell Michael Scott
David Denman Roy Anderson
Jenna Fischer Pam Beesly
Kate Flannery Meredith Palmer
Melora Hardin Jan Levinson
Mindy Kaling Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey Angela Martin
John Krasinski Jim Malpert
Paul Lieberstein Toby Flenderson
B.J. Novak Ryan Howard
Oscar Nunez Oscar Martinez
Phyllis Smith Phyllis Lapin
Rainn Wilson Dwight Schrute
STEVE CARELL: This is
quite the honor having these people present this to us. [applause] I was
craning my neck, “Oh my God! There she is! They’re there! Oh my God!” Let’s
get serious for just one second. Webster’s defines the word “ensemble” as
follows: “a complete costume of complementary clothing and accessories.”
[laughter] And even though this is not the right definition, I think it
applies to our cast. [laughter]
I’d like to – we’d like
to thank Greg Daniels, our executive producer… [applause] for being the person
who assembled the ensemble, and choosing people who get along, who work well
together, who enjoy each other’s company, who are friends. Also Allison Jones
who took part in that trip. [applause] It’s really a great honor and we will
treasure this. Thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Murphy / DREAMGIRLS - James “Thunder” Early
Paramount Pictures
EDDIE MURPHY: Thank you. What a tremendous honor to be recognized by one’s
peers. [with slight British accent] I’ve been acting for some 25 years now and
this is a tremendous honor to me… no, I’m sorry. [laughter] It’s just when the
British people come and get the awards, it’s so smooth with their stuff. And I
feel goofy up here ‘cause I don’t be winning stuff.
But thank you so much, this is a huge honor. And thank you Bill Condon for
directing and putting me in your wonderful movie. Thank you. [applause] Thank
you to the cast and crew of “Dreamgirls” and thank you to DreamWorks, and
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, and David Geffen, and Brad Grey, and
Stacey Snider and everyone there that was involved with this picture. I’m just
so happy to be part of it.
And thank all of you and thank you, Tracey, for fixing everything. Bye-bye you
all. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson / GREY’S ANATOMY - Dr. Miranda Bailey
ABC
CHANDRA WILSON: Okay. Well, I’m sorry, Paula, I
got your dress all wrinkled… First of all, it’s about those 10 cast members
sitting over there, and the other one in rehab. I mean, y’all are just…
[laughter] holding me together. I thank you so much, ‘cause we pull this thing
off every week. I love you all for it.
Thank you, Shonda, for wanting me to do this role. Lord, bless your heart.
And everything that you write for us, all those long things that you give me
to say, do I have to keep saying all that stuff, those long paragraphs. Okay,
thank you.
To… oh my goodness, my family here, Mikey, at home the girls. Thank you so
much for going on this ride with me, for having an agent and a manager that
have been with me 15 and 19 years, respectively. For holding on to me, thank
you so much.
To – oh Lord – George Wolfe told me, “Look girl, you’re already talented or
else you wouldn’t be in the room. So just go and do the work.” George said,
“Just try to do the work every day.” And my friends, I feel you, so many
wonderful friends I’m so lucky to have.
And last but not least, just to be able to take this thing home to my girls,
in particular, and hold it in front of them and say, “Look, with this skin and
this nose, and this height, and these arms,” you know, “I’m here!” Whoo!
[applause/cheers]
Thank you Screen Actors Guild for taking me as I am. Thank you. Whoo!
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Laurie / HOUSE - Dr. Gregory House FOX
HUGH LAURIE: Thank you so much. Thank you. This is phenomenal. It seems to be
that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you
do good work, it’s about whether or not you get the chance to do good
work. And I am… [applause] Every day I am extremely grateful for the chance
I’ve been given to play what is to me such a fascinating character, to do it
here in America… I’m British, by the way. [laughter] Which accounts for why
I’m so smooth. [laughter]
And what’s more, to do
it at a time when American television drama, it seems to me, is absolutely at
its zenith. It’s a phenomenal honor and a great chance, and I am – I know it
will pass very quickly… it might even have passed while I’ve been standing
here. [laughter] But it’s still amazing. My therapist made me promise that I
wouldn’t thank anybody. [laughter] Something to do with ownership, I didn’t
really understand it.
But I would nonetheless like to thank
the people who gave me the chance. The Executive Producers of “House,” Paul
Attanasio, Bryan Singer, Katie Jacobs and David Shore. And also the wonderful
Nancy Perkins, Marcia Shulman and Gail Berman. And to them and to you, and to
chance, thank you. Thank you very much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
GREY’S ANATOMY ABC
Justin Chambers Alex Karev
Eric Dane Mark Sloan
Patrick Dempsey Derek Shepherd
Katherine Heigl Isobel “Izzie” Stevens
T.R. Knight
George O’Malley
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang
James
Pickens, Jr. Richard Webber
Ellen Pompeo Meredith Grey
Sara Ramirez Callie Torres
Kate Walsh Addison Montgomery
Shepherd
Isaiah Washington Preston Burke
Chandra
Wilson Miranda Bailey
ELLEN POMPEO: We love this category more than you know. We’re honored to be
in the company of all the fellow nominees, so inspiring. And I think because
this category is ensemble, it’s worth mentioning the members of our cast that
are not here.
Kate Walsh who plays Ellis – Kate Burton who plays Ellis Grey… yeah, I know,
Kate Walsh is here, just behind me. Help me… Isaiah Washington… I’m drawing a
blank, please help me… Loretta Devine, our wonderful, wonderful guest cast who
is nice enough to come on every week and really contribute to the show.
Diahann Carroll, Christina Ricci, all the wonderful people who come on and
make this show what it is. It’s so much more than just us, and we appreciate
everybody’s efforts.
Thank you so much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson / DREAMGIRLS - Effie White Paramount
Pictures
JENNIFER HUDSON: Whoo! Thank you so much. What a welcome, oh my God!
Wow. Well first… I’d like to thank God, just for this moment. Also I really
want to take out the time to thank my cast. Because of you I was able to work
and learn from the best. [applause] Yes, you are the best. Everybody in this
room is the best.
I’d also like to thank my producers, Larry and Patty, and Bill Condon, and my
director, thank you so much for believing in me, even when I didn’t believe in
myself. [applause] You all changed the way I think as an artist.
And I also would like to thank the Screen Actors Guild. You are the heart of
this industry.
And just thank you for noticing little ol’ me, and for accepting me. And
thank you for making me feel so welcome. And thank you for this honor.
[applause] Thank you so much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Idi Amin Fox
Searchlight Pictures
FOREST WHITAKER: Thank you. Okay, I want to thank the… [chuckles] My mind is
running in my head, like, telling me not to get carried away, you know.
Everybody tells me not to get away ‘cause I get carried away sometimes. But,
anyway, whatever.
I’m really happy, so… I’m really happy to receive this award. [laughter] You
know, it means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actor Guild Award. To
get an award from the people that you’re going to work across from and the
people that you’re going to work with, and people that are going to like
hopefully, like, get in the trenches with and do something, hopefully,
special, or like get some magic between us – this is a big thing. So it means
a lot to me.
And I want to thank you for allowing me to have a moment like this.
And, you know, there’s a lot of people that worked on the movie with me and I
want to thank them. I want to thank 20th Century Fox, DNA, okay, and
FilmFour. And the writer, Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, they wrote this
amazing character any actor would love to play. And also I’d like to thank
Kevin Macdonald, this amazing director who like pushed it forward.
And the actors, James McAvoy and Kerry Washington, and Steve Wynn, Jay-Z and
all the Ugandan crew, and actors, and all the people working with me, trying
to help me move forward in my life, to help me to be able to express myself as
an artist.
And I thank you for giving me this moment to help me be able to continue to
express myself as an artist. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I thank
my wife Keisha. I want to thank God. I want to thank all of you. Really
seriously. Peace. God bless. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN - The Queen Miramax Films.
HELEN MIRREN: Oh Lord… Be still my beating heart. Be still. Thank you. Thank
you very much Screen Actors Guild. What an incredible night for me
personally. Thank you to Stephen Frears, the director. To Peter Morgan, the
writer. Without those amazing words none of us can do what we do. And we all
know that, us actors.
But, you know, when I did my costume
fitting for “The Queen,” I walked in and I saw all those sensible shoes, and
those tweed skirts, laid out in a row, and I cried. I thought, “I can’t play
anyone who chooses to wear those clothes, I just can’t do it.” [laughter] But
I learned to love the person who chooses to wear those clothes because I
learned to love a person without vanity, but with a great sense of discipline
that I understand. With a great sense of duty that I understand. And with a
great deal of courage, and that I understand.
Thank you very
much, this is a great night for me. Thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Fox Searchlight Pictures
Alan Arkin
Grandpa
Abigail Breslin Olive
Steve Carell Frank
Toni Collette Sheryl
Paul Dano Dwayne
Greg
Kinnear Richard
ABIGAIL BRESLIN: Hello. [laughter] I
don’t know, who do you want to thank? [Arkin whispers in her ear] Thank you.
[laughter]
GREG KINNEAR: I’d like to thank the engineers at Volkswagen
for—[laughter]—making a beautiful vehicle back in 1969 that is so comfortable,
[laughter] so safe. [laughter] I, honestly, just want to thank our amazing
directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. [applause] I hope you all get a
chance to work with them. They’re amazing people.
We had five – not three, not two, not four – five great producers on this
movie. I want to thank all of them. Fox Searchlight and Peter Rice, of course,
thank you, guys, for finding a way to get a small voice heard.
And to my beautiful wife, thank you. And now some of my beautiful cast will
speak.
ALAN ARKIN: No, no, no.
STEVE CARELL: No, no, no. Thank you.
ARKIN: Thank you. [applause]
Screen Actors Guild Awards 43rd Annual Life Achievement Award
Julie Andrews
JULIE ANDREWS: Thank you so much.
[applause] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this really lovely honor. To
be recognized by one’s colleagues in this manner is honestly something I could
never have imagined when I was that little girl that you just saw on the
video. And I’m so grateful to be a part of a Guild that reaches out and goes
one step beyond its tremendous responsibilities.
You may not
all know that the Screen Actors Guild actively supports, among many other
things, the need to promote literacy for children, and that is a cause very
close to my heart, as I’m sure you know. [applause]
My career has just been blessed by good fortune, with amazing mentors who
clearly cared, and so many wonderful actors who have been a part of my
life. And what about all those delicious leading men, hmm? [laughter]
As you all know, Blake Edwards has been my main squeeze for the past 37 years,
and perhaps the most delicious man of all. And I have so enjoyed working on
these seven films that we’ve made together. Oh, I guess I have one very tiny
complaint… when he directs me in a love scene, he’s quite likely to say,
“Well, that was fine, darling, but I know you can do it better.” [chuckles]
[laughter] So, thanks to you, Blackie, and to my family for a wild and
wonderful ride.
Film and television are collaborative mediums
and you only need to look at the credits of any movie or television show to
realize the vast number of people, the traditions, the talents, the dedication
and kindness that enable us to do what we do. And I wouldn’t be here if it
wasn’t for all of them.
I have so much joy in my work,
and these days I’ve come to understand that that joy is all about the giving.
And you, ladies and gentlemen, have given me an evening that I shall just
treasure all my life. Thank you so much. [applause]
