Arlington Artist Of The Year Award Honoree Timothée Chalamet at the 40th Annual SBIFF 2025

Timothée Chalamet stated “I hope in a day and age that incentivizes someone else that we will still have great artists.”

 

Discussing the scene by the fire in Call Me by Your Name, Timothée Chalamet explained “I think it was, if I remember correctly, it wasn’t the original ending of the movie. I think it’s something he added at the end of the shoot…True to what i was saying earlier is just like the work ethic, I think getting to act, you know better than i do, is privilege.”

 

Talking about his experience working with Saoirse Ronan on Lady Bird, Timothée Chalamet said “Saoirse is like a sister to me, and she’s a powerhouse. She said it, I’m going to steal her words, but we have very different personalities in real life. I’m going to sound like a stoner, but we’re like being in a lava lamp.”

 

On whether shooting Beautiful Boy was scary, Timothée Chalamet shared “Honestly it was, because the material was really dark, it honestly was. I don’t know how to put it. I had to shoot in LA and had never left New York to shoot a project that long and wasn’t an adult yet in many ways.”

 

Timothée Chalamet stated “The King is a movie that I’m deeply, deeply proud of, because I think it’s where I think I’ve thrown myself off the cliff the most. It’s the first film I did after Call Me by Your Name.”

 

Discussing the difference between singing for these two movies, Timothée Chalamet explained “In A Complete Unknown, the gift is that Bob Dylan’s voice was so raw …In Wonka, it’s like oh now I’m in the lead.”

 

Timothée Chalamet shared “Wonka, it was a whole new thing to learn you know, or to relearn and have the freeness I felt with my youth…Pop culture has the perception that dark is cool.”

 

Timothée Chalamet said “Happy and grateful, I love how you put it. We’ve talked about it before, but listen man, how do I say this, the best way for the Dune 2 clip we watched there, in front of legends, in front of others, in the context of that movie, I felt like I finally had the meat to chew on there.”

 

Talking about Dune: Part Two, Timothée Chalamet explained “There were nerves, that was probably the first thing, I was feeling, but also pride…That movie is kick ass; I think Denis [Villeneuve] is the best director working right now, or one of the best.”

 

On A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet stated “This was a lifetime’s work, and the respect and passion I feel for Bob Dylan and his music was so great that it took me out of myself…Without disrespecting my other performances and stuff that is to come, this was a lifetime’s work.”