Roger Kumble: This was a difficult day, at least me directing the actors, because you try and direct two actors who are dating and madly in love and have them break up, and they were so great, and you could tell they were—actors talk about emotional recall, and you could tell they were going to places that I didn’t wanna know about. I just wanted to shoot it. And like, Reese hitting him was a spontaneous act. And I wouldn’t call cut because of all the little moments they’d have, but they were so mad at me. Ryan did throw up that day, because they’re just madly in love with each other and this was hard.
THIS. I started tearing up.
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.
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