00:00Congratulations. Thank you so much. I loved you and Judy. I have to say this. I mean, absolutely amazing performance and amazing film. So basically it became an extension of Judy in the film. It's almost like she transcended with you in the film. And what I want to know is, how did you connect? What was it about Judy that connected you so closely by so in heart that you basically became her?
00:28I know you've done a lot of research, but was there anything else that you felt very close to with her that you were able to deliver such an incredible performance and become her, essentially?
00:39That's really kind. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. You know, I can't think about it. I can't extract myself from the collaboration.
00:50The only things that I did by myself were singing the car on the 405 in traffic, you know, for a year. So that was a lot of practice for anybody who's tried to drive down the 405.
01:03But, and you know, the reading and things, that was by myself. But what you're talking about, that connectivity, that was a consequence of everybody's work on that set.
01:13Everybody was motivated by the same thing. We just appreciate the importance of her legacy and who she was as a person. And we all wanted to celebrate her.
01:23And every day we came to work and we just tried things. We just kept trying things. And the director, Rupert Gould, called it mining for treasure.
01:30We were all digging around in sort of the materials of her legacy. Her music, her books, interviews, her television show.
01:38You know, just everything that we could find that seemed essential in conjuring her essence to tell this story.
01:45And that was everybody's work, you know. And it was, you know, the partnership with every single department throughout.
01:52And it really was a celebration. We just came to work every day. You could feel the love, the love for Ms. Garland.
02:01And that was what we had hoped. So anyway, thank you for your question.
02:06Oh, thank you. That's kind. Thank you.
02:07Number 30, followed by 18.
02:10Hi, over here. Wakila from German Television Proziver.
02:13Hello.
02:13So have you called anyone? Who are you going to call first? And how are you going to celebrate tonight?
02:18Well, my phone is in somebody else's bag right now. So I haven't called anybody.
02:24But I know that my mom is with my dad. And they're hanging out with their friends. And they were watching TV.
02:31And I told her, please just keep your phone on the coffee table. So you can see. So she's waiting. So I'm going to, yeah.
02:4118, followed by 6.
02:43Jeannie Wolfe.
02:43Hi, Jeannie.
02:44Congratulations. I'm so proud.
02:45Thank you. Thank you, Jeannie, my old pal.
02:48All right.
02:50They say that we learn a great deal in the hard times of life.
02:55But I think we learn a great deal also from success.
03:00From almost before this picture opened, people realized and began talking about how amazing your performance is, how amazing the movie is.
03:11And so you've gone through this whole award after award, you know, expressions of success.
03:19How has that changed you? What has that done for you to know that you set out to do this and you did?
03:24Thank you. That's a really great question.
03:28It's not something that I've actually thought about, right, you know.
03:31I wish I could answer you in a couple of days because I would sit with that for a second and I would really think on it, you know.
03:42Off the top of my head, if I could look back on this year of experiences, I mean, it's really nice when something that really matters to you resonates with someone else.
03:54That's, you know, it's always a huge, wonderful kind of unexpected reaction to, I don't know, for anyone who creates art, you write an article and somebody calls you and says, that touched me or, you know.
04:10So that, it's a really nice thing and it makes me happy for everybody that, you know, that I worked with because I watched how hard everyone worked and it always goes back to that.
04:23It always goes back to the collaboration and what you intended and what you hoped for it.
04:28And like you said, when it becomes meaningful to someone else, then it's kind of a confirmation that, yeah, okay, that's what we meant, you know.
04:38And this definitely was not what was on my mind when we started this experience, you know.
04:46But in my mind, when I go back to those couple of years that we shared, celebrating her and telling this story and building toward it, boy, that's the blessing, isn't it?
05:02Yeah.
05:03And last question, number six.
05:05Hi, congratulations.
05:09This is Estefania Iglesias from Univision.
05:11Hello.
05:12How is this award different from the first one you won in 2004 and how have you changed as a person, as an actress?
05:18Oh my goodness, how much time do you have?
05:23Well, at that time, I think I was so busy that I wasn't actually in the moment.
05:28I think I had just flown home from something for Bridget Jones 2 or something.
05:35It's a different, different perspective.
05:39I'm a little more present now.
05:40And I think that the time away and the time in between has helped me to appreciate it in a different way.
05:51I just look at it in a different way.
05:53What it represents is a little bit different.
05:55And obviously, this isn't ultimately, you know, this is about this wanting to tell that story and to celebrate Judy Garland and to shine a light on perhaps the nuances of the circumstances of her life,
06:12which people dismiss as tragic, and, you know, the opportunity to tell a story that challenges that narrative and says, oh, no, no, no, no, no.
06:22You can't know how extraordinary a person is until you know what they struggle with and what they overcome.
06:30And to me, that, you know, that's what this is.
06:34So, yeah.
06:35Thank you so much.
06:37Congratulations.
06:38Thank you, guys.
06:38Thanks so much.
06:40And good luck.
06:40My goodness, what a busy night for you all.
06:42I know you have deadlines, so good luck with those.
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