I was eight years old when I decided to be an actor. And I am just so privileged to be gazing on the beautiful face of the woman who inspired me that beautiful day, and that’s Cicely Tyson.

And when I woke up and realized how difficult it was to be an actor, and how the rejection was so high, then another beautiful face graced the screen when I was in college, and that was Meryl, who just …always inspires me.

But there’s so many people involved in The Help, in lieu of mentioning all them, I just have to say that, what is there but a dream? You can’t trade in your dream for another dream. I am so proud to be an actor, and I thank the Screen Actors Guild for this award.

And I have a special, special note to the kids in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in Segue Institute of Learning in Central Falls, Rhode Island: to dream big and dream fierce.

Thank you very much.

liveitout:

George: I was in Batman Four, you know…
Tilda: We know, we know! We know, we know.
George: Listen, you can just fuck right off, Tilda.
Charlize: What up, nipples?
George: Had I known they were gonna put nipples on the thing, I would have rethought it.

Newsweek Oscar Roundtable, 2012 [x]