Michael B Jordan Award Acceptance Speech 32nd Annual Actor Awards

You are shining herald of Michael B. Jordan! Oh man uh I don't even I don't I don't even know where to begin um I wasn't expecting this at all and uh and I just I just want to uh quickly say that um I'm so honored and privileged to be nominated in categories with people and actors and humans that that I love and I love their work and what you contribute to to our craft and and this ride has been uh unbelievable so thank you for welcoming me in and making me feel seen bro and y'all know how I feel about y'all uh uh I I remember y'all want to thank SAG-AFTRA I remember uh as a kid uh in this industry and you had to earn your vouchers to become a member of SAG and I remember you know I thought it was this you know this club this club that I want to be in so bad but you had to get you know vouchers and depending on how many lines you had in an episode or a show would determine you know if you if you got that got that got that membership card or not and and I remember watching all the other actors that I looked up to being a part of that club being a part of SAG-AFTRA being a part of this community and I was like man I want to be that one day so I remember when I got my SAG-AFTRA card I was like man I'm a I'm like an entry level level member and those guys that were on stage with the awards and the nice suits talking being in fancy places like that that's what I always wanted and and and that kid from North New Jersey is standing here right now um mom thank you for driving me back and forth to New York when we didn't have enough money to go through the Holland Tunnel when we were looking for gas money parking spaces you know what I'm saying when I went up there for my auditions thank you um I want to thank you to Ryan Coogler for giving me the opportunity to uh show what I can do and to be fearless and to uh create a safe space for us to find the truth what you do with all the other actors that that we had opportunity to work with uh Wunmi, Miles, Delroy, Haley, Jamie, Lili, Omar, everybody that had something to do with this movie you guys lent us your talents and you left us your time and your your vulnerability so thank you for allowing me to do my best work and uh man just being in this room right now with all these people who see me grow up in front of the camera and in these rooms and I feel the love and support that you've always given me and encouraged me to go on and do my best so I just want to say thank you and uh yeah man this is pretty cool. Damn Warner Brothers, thank you guys, love y'all.