Timothée Chalamet Rejects TV and Shares Oscar Disappointment
In a recent Vogue cover story, Timothée Chalamet candidly discussed his reluctance to return to television and his feelings about losing major awards, including the Oscars. At 29, Chalamet has been nominated multiple times, missing out on two Oscars, four Golden Globes, and four BAFTA Awards. However, he did win the SAG Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
Shortly after his SAG win, Adrien Brody won the Oscar for Best Actor over Chalamet for the film The Brutalist. Reflecting on the experience, Chalamet told Vogue:
“If there’s five people at an awards show, and four people go home losing, you don’t think those four people are at the restaurant like, ‘Damn, we didn’t win?'”
He added with honesty about actors’ reactions to losing:
“I’ve been around some deeply generous, no-ego actors, and maybe some of them are going, ‘That was fun.’ But I know for a fact a lot of them are going, ‘Fuck!’”
Chalamet also firmly defended his dedication to his craft:
“People can call me a try-hard, and they can say whatever the fuck. But I’m the one actually doing it here.”
Previously, he described the bittersweet aftermath of awards season during a SiriusXM interview last year:
“It’s uniquely hilarious to go home empty handed and then have to rip up the awards speech you wrote before the ceremony. You think to yourself, ‘You narcissistic arrogant prick.’”
Summary
Timothée Chalamet openly expresses the frustration of award season losses while asserting his commitment to acting, and he flatly refuses to return to television roles.