Photos: SAG Awards nominations 2015: Nominee reactions
On awards shows: “I’ve spent the bulk of my career pretty much dedicated to trying to make no one see my acting. Acting at its finest is transparent. And whenever you get a prize, it’s like they caught you.” (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)
Stars react to their 2015 SAG Awards nominations.
On transforming for his “Nightcrawler” role: “What’s interesting is really only an actor knows how much time goes into preparing for something you really love. And the coolest thing about this [nomination]... is to have other actors say, ‘We see that, and we think you did a good job.’” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
“Thank you so much to the Screen Actors’ Guild. It’s such an honor to be nominated by your peers and in the company of this group of talented women. I’m thrilled to celebrate this with Benedict and the cast.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
“I’m over the moon. And so delighted to receive recognition in such esteemed company for both ‘Sherlock’ and ‘The Imitation Game’ by my acting peers. What an amazing early Christmas present! Thank you to all who voted and watched both pieces of work.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
“This is the best 6 a.m. wake up call ever. Words can’t describe how blessed I feel to be recognized like this by my peers for this film. What an enormous feeling of joy and gratitude.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
On Twitter: “@SAGawards Thank you very much SAG. Thank you brother and sister actors! Humbled by the nominations.” Later: “@SteveCarell Congratulations Steve on the @SAGawards nomination. Wonderful work.” (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
“As an actor being nominated by actors for playing an actor, I am truly, truly grateful for this honor. An ensemble like this hardly ever comes around, and all of us made this very unique film work - lead by our maestro, director Alejandro Iñárritu.” (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
“I am so honored to be recognized by my fellow actors and to also have Ethan and our entire ensemble nominated. Our recognition are a testament to the vision of Rick Linklater and to every single actor and crew member that committed to this film whether they had no lines, one line, showed up for one year or committed to all 12 years on this film, as many did.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
On the “Theory” cast’s nomination: “There really isn’t a role in our film that you can take for granted. ... Each of those characters carries a lot of weight because when they come and go from the story, they’re covering whole periods of time.” (Larry Busacca / Getty Images)
On Twitter: “Honored to be nominated for a @SAGAwards and so unbelievably #PROUD of our @OITNB family for our ensemble recognition. We are... #TeamOrange.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
On Twitter: “Thank you, thank you to all my fellow actors for nominating me for lead actress in #SAGAwards. #honored” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
On “Budapest’s” success: “I remember when Wes [Anderson] was telling me the idea, I was going, ‘God, I don’t know about that. I wouldn’t bet on the commercial prospects for that movie.’ [laughs] And then it ended up doing really well. I think that’s very good for movies when that happens.” (Koki Nagahama / Getty Images)
