Timothée Chalamet Says It’s ‘Uniquely Hilarious’ to Rip Up Acceptance Speeches After Losing Acting Awards: ‘You Narcissistic Arrogant Prick’

Zack Sharf

20 December 2024 at 6:34 pm·2-min read

Timothée Chalamet is 28 years old and just landed the fourth Golden Globe nomination of his career. He’s in contention for the best actor in a motion picture drama prize at the 2025 ceremony thanks to his acclaimed performance as Bob Dylan in the biographical music drama “A Complete Unknown.” Chalamet’s last three nominations did not end in victory, and he recently told SiriusXM there’s nothing funnier than ripping up your acceptance speech after losing.

“This is my fourth Golden Globe nomination,” Chalamet said. “Look, I’ll just say this… there’s nothing more uniquely hilarious and something you cannot share with anyone when you get home and you tear up the little thing that you never had to use and you think to yourself, ‘You narcissistic arrogant prick. On what planet did you think you were gonna use this?'”

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Chalamet was previously nominated at the Golden Globes for his performances in “Call Me By Your Name,” “Beautiful Boy” and “Wonka.” His work in “Call Me By Your Name” went on to earn an Oscar nomination for best actor at 22 years old, making him one of the category’s youngest nominees in history.

This year, Chalamet is nominated in the best actor in a motion picture drama category alongside Adrien Brody for “The Brtualist,” Daniel Craig for “Queer,” Colman Domingo for “Sing Sing,” Ralph Fiennes for “Conclave” and Sebastian Stan for “The Apprentice.” He’s widely expected to earn an Oscar nomination for his work as Bob Dylan. He performed his own singing and guitar in the film.

“Chalamet, singing in a nasal and slightly clenched voice, his tone as rock-steady as his gaze, sings out the lyrics as if they were an incantation…and at that moment, he becomes Bob Dylan,” Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his rave review. “The voice, the hardscrabble directness, the spiritual harshness that melts into something lyrical — it’s all there…Chalamet rises to the challenge of capturing the prickly charisma of Dylan’s inchoate, anti-matter, read-between-the-lines personality. It’s a transfixing performance that’s true to Dylan and, just as important, true to the logic of movies.”

“A Complete Unknown” opens in theaters Dec. 25 from Searchlight Pictures.

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