(music)
You excited to be here among
all the... your peers?
Like Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro?
You know, your contemporaries
in the acting world?
It's all so new to me so I'm
still a little bit excited and nervous
and starstruck myself
Being part of this is so...
I'm so proud and so happy.
Now I'm kind of around
the stars of it all, and the people who
I looked up to my whole life so
I'm just very inspired right now.
To be here representing two shows
that I care a lot about and...
and be joining people who
I really love working with
it's just amazing.
So it's really nice when everybody
gets to come together and realize
that we all work in the same industry
and you get reminded of the kind of,
sort of family vibe that can exist.
Being a part of this union and this
incredible community,
it's such a gift.
It really is
The Screen Actors Guild Award is for me
one of the most exciting and I think
if you talked to any of the members who are here
the performers, they would say the same thing
because there is nothing like
being recognized by your peers.
When actors are recognizing what we do
a peer to peer acknowledgement,
it's a special significance.
I mean, that's the highest compliment,
you know, is when other actors
enjoy your work, you know.
To have that come from people
that I work with, people that know the work,
people who understand what it is
to do this work,
it's really special.
I'm very pro union
so I'm extremely happy to be here tonight
as, representing the film
to our union membership.
I think it's a great reunion of friends
and it's a... it's very sweet.
I love it. I love this,
especially this award show.
It always means the world.
Show business can be a
little bit of a nightmare sometimes,
but every time I'm with actors,
I feel like I'm with my tribe.
I love actors so this is-
this is the best awards show.
I love when our peers
are all in one room together
mixed with film, television and I
love the category ensemble cast.
The riffraff,  the media had
nothing to do with this.
This is just- this is just us-
This is just us professionals deciding what's what.
It's a good room.
It's great, yeah.
It's always nice to come to the SAGs
You always like feel like you're with your tribe.
It's really nice.
You know, I see all these people
that I've worked with
for such a long time and
it feels like a night of celebration really.
We're all our people.
We know, you know, what it takes
to get through a 14-hour day
and when you tank a scene or you-
you nail the scene and so
it's just nice to be able to
hang out that way.
It's not just something that people are
doing for a living.
It really gets to be-
you get to celebrate the art
and that is something that
all performers get to really enjoy.
I think sometimes people are like,
"Oh actors, their it's-
their lives are so glamorous,"
but we're really, really just trying
to be vessels for stories, to change
and to make people think
and provoke them to wonder about the world
so it's a good thing to celebrate
the incredible talent that is here.
Being the union, they like take care of us
and so it feels like,
you know
a bit more kind of like
this is our place, you know.
We're just all so grateful that it's there
I mean, when I got my SAG card
my father said this is the most
important thing
that you'll ever have,  you know.
Solidarity between members is
where we get our power
and so everybody being here, being together
celebrating one another
and remembering that they are part of the
same family,
that's a big deal for us.
So, this is an exciting night.
(celebratory music)
(crowd applause)
I'm just a very, I mean,
extremely touched, moved, emotional...
I can't believe it.
I'm really just happy.
This is the greatest honor an actor can have
to be recognized...
among your peers and I...
will be humbled and treasure this always.
I feel really happy and honored to be included
in this ensemble I mean
it truly is some of the most talented
and kind... Be kind.
That's a big-
Yeah, that's a huge thing, yeah.
It'll get you far.
It just seems very unlikely
that you know this would happen-
lightning would strike twice and...
So, yeah, I'm just-
I'm still stunned.
No it's- we were very surprised.
This is a very pleasant surprise
Yeah, it doesn't suck.
No it doesn't.
That the award was given it to us
by our peers to our fellow union members
is a really big deal.
And we're really lucky
to have such a great union.
(Song Kang-Ho speaking in Korean)
There were actors in that room
that we just grew up watching and studying
and respect so much.
And to receive their encouragement
is the biggest joy of all of this.
