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Timothée Chalamet called his work in new movie Marty Supreme "probably my best performance" in a recent, since-deleted interview
"It's important to say out loud because the discipline and the work ethic I'm bringing to these things, I don't want people to take for granted," he added
Chalamet has stated in the past that he wants "to be one of the greats"
Timothée Chalamet— like his newest character — is in pursuit of greatness.
Marty Supreme(in theaters Dec. 25) stars the 29-year-old actor as Marty Mauser, a Jewish American table tennis pioneer chasing success. In a recent viral interview, Chalamet channeled the onscreen athlete in touting his own work.
Multiple outletsreportthat Chalamet, in a video interview posted and since deleted on Margaret Gardiner'sYouTube page, joked that he "needed a little more confidence" after Gardiner shouted outGeorge Clooneyrecently calling theDunestar "a great actor."
"This is probably my best performance," he said ofMarty Supreme, per aTikTokclip shared by Screenshot HQ, adding, "and it's been like seven, eight years that I feel like I've been handing in really, really committed, top-of-the-line performances."
He continued, "It's important to say it out loud because the discipline and the work ethic I'm bringing to these things, I don't want people to take for granted. I don't want to take for granted. This is really some top-level s---."
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PEOPLE did not independently view the video on Gardiner's YouTube page before it was deleted.
Video of the interview was removed from X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit, perWorld of ReelandBuzzfeed.
Director Josh Safdie'sMarty Supremewas co-written by Ronald Bronstein. As both actor and producer, Chalamet leads a cast that includesGwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion,Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma a.k.a.Tyler, the Creator, Abel Ferrara andFran Drescher.
Chalamet has acknowledged that he was disappointed to have not won theAcademy Awardlast year for his performance as Bob Dylan inA Complete Unknown. "People can call me a try-hard, and they can say whatever the f---," he said in a November interview withVogue. "If there's five people at an awards show, and four people go home losing you don't think those four people are at the restaurant like, 'Damn, we didn't win?' "
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At the 2025Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Chalamet won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, hetook the stageto talk about being "really in pursuit of greatness." "I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats ... I'm as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there," he said. "So, I'm deeply grateful."
Marty Supremeis in theaters Dec. 25.
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