May We All Have the Energy of Jason Sudeikis's Golden Globes Acceptance Speech
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About midway through the Golden Globes—which was, essentially, one sad, massive quilt of stitched-together Zoom breakout rooms—we turned to the five guys nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy series. Don Cheadle, Nicholas Hoult, Eugene Levy, Jason Sudeikis, and Ramy Youssef. One of them was not as tidied up as the others.
It was Sudeikis, who was up for the award thanks to his delightful, earnest performance as a football-coach-out-of-water in Ted Lasso. Tie-dye hoodie, unshaven, admirably Zoom chic. Maybe even a little high. Probably lagged too, with a five-hour time difference overseas, where he's filming the next season of Ted Lasso. Then he won. In what others have called a "stuttering, rambling" speech, Sudeikis says "that's nuts" a few times while he gets his bearings. Doesn't look like he prepared anything. Then? He says something beautiful.
"I read this book to my son, Otis, called The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy and he has three questions like, 'When's the best time to do things? What is the right thing to do? And then who's the most important one?' And that last question, who's the most important one, is the person you're with. So, I kind of reject the premise of being best actor because in my humble opinion, the best actor is the person you're acting with, so I want to give a shout-out to all the people I get to act with on this show."
During a night stuffed with bad joke, expensive clothes, and mostly-arbitrary awards, Sudeikis, might've said the only thing worth taking away from the three-hour-long charade. After nearly a year of hell, what else can we do besides look at the person we're next to—if we're even lucky enough to have that person—and just be happy that they're there?
Sure, there were people online pointing out Sudeikis's bleary eyes. But also just as many seemed to recognize the meaning behind his words—a gentle reminder to tell the people you love, that you love them.
Jason Sudeikis is the real deal. After my dad died he sent me an incredibly long, touching email that I haven’t shared and won’t. But he didn’t have to do that. We aren’t “friends” beyond having a nice professional relationship. But he said things in there I’ve never forgotten.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 1, 2021
please enjoy ramy reacting to jason sudeikis pic.twitter.com/cKaOMoXk1D
— Kathryn VanArendonk (@kvanaren) March 1, 2021
a super high jason sudeikis saying "who is the person you're with?" just shook me to my core
— Chris Murphy (@christress) March 1, 2021
jason sudeikis's speech has been the most honest moment of "an awards show in the midst of a pandemic"
— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta) March 1, 2021
Ted Lasso is a great show, and Jason Sudeikis giving his speech in a hoodie while someone whispers "fuck yes" in the background is perfection
— Bonnie Stiernberg (@aahrealbonsters) March 1, 2021
My mood all day = Jason Sudeikis's mood during that speech
— Jen Chaney (@chaneyj) March 1, 2021
“The most important time is now, because now is the only time which you have some control over. The most important person is the person you’re interacting with. The most important thing to do is to do your best to serve the person you are interacting with.”
― Chade-Meng Tan— Rachel Miner (@RachelMiner1) March 1, 2021
btw serendipitously (since I posted this earlier today) this quote was in reference to the lesson from "The Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy, which Jason Sudeikis mentioned in his Golden Globes speech tonight
— Rachel Miner (@RachelMiner1) March 1, 2021
Watching the Golden Globes—an hour behind—and actually just fist pumped when @jasonsudeikis won for Ted Lasso. Also, his speech was so genuine and great. Awesome.
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) March 1, 2021
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