--you're going to say.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Lonnie Chavis.
[CHEERS]
He's a handful.
And you're about to see why.
Hey, the mic's blocking your face.
Make sure it's--
Is it just me, or do I think that that
was a little offensive?
[LAUGHTER}
OK, well, first, all glory to God.
I would like to thank my family, who believe in me
and help me follow my dreams.
It just takes so many people to make a TV show happen.
So I want to especially say thank you
to the incredible cast I work with that helped
me become a better actor.
And I'm just happy that "This Is Us"
has allowed me to bring diversity to Hollywood
and create a place for me where I fit in.
Thank you, guys.
[APPLAUSE]
Told you.
Questions from anybody, because they can take this microphone.
REPORTER 1: Hi. Sterling?
Right here. - Yes.
REPORTER 1: Hey. How are you?
Well, thank you. REPORTER 1: Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
REPORTER 1: And you too.
Keeping in mind what you were taught as a kid,
you have to work twice as hard, with all that's happened
in this last couple of years, how much credit
do you give to working hard?
And how much do you give to luck or, you know, good fortune?
You know, a lot goes to good fortune.
I mean, I recognize that I'm a blessed young man.
And I know so many talented people
who are not experiencing the moment that I'm
experiencing right now.
But at the same time, you make your own luck.
You prepare.
You work your butt off.
And when opportunity matches up with that work,
then you just try to walk into the end zone.
You try not to stumble.
You try not to get in your own way
and just receive that, what is waiting for you.
Because this is what I believe.
I believe what's mine is mine.
And nobody can take it away from me.
What's ours is ours.
And nobody can take it away from us.
Like, I believe that this is, ultimately, a friendly universe
and that there's enough carrots for everybody to eat.
You know what I'm saying?
So to be up here with these people
right now, like, the fact that we all get a chance
to stand in front of you guys, like, in victory,
this is a beautiful moment, beautiful.
I want to take a picture with Scott.
REPORTER 2: Scott Hoover with Elle.
Just picking up on that, Sterling,
you guys play a family.
And from what I've seen, you guys travel
together to all these events.
You feel like a family together. And I wonder if--
Smile!
REPORTER 2: --all of you--
[LAUGHS] if all of you can
Right here! Right here!
REPORTER 2: [LAUGHS] --if you can talk about that sense
of family that you've developed as being a part of this show,
even more so than the usual cast on something would develop.
I'll take it for a second.
And then I want somebody else to chime in too.
But yeah, go for it.
You putting up awards?
Yeah, that's right.
Stun on them.
Listen, it is like a family.
Like, it seems so cliche, and it seems like,
do they really love each other as much as it seems?
And the answer is yes.
Like, the joy is what I feel for my brother
and sister, for my wife, for my mother and father.
My mom, who's younger than me, my dad, who's younger than me.
But it's like Mom and dad.
You know what I'm saying?
These kids, my children, the younger versions of us, like,
when I see--
when I watch the show, and I see Lonnie or Niles do something,
like, I'm feeling for Randall.
And it's like I watch it as an audience member,
the same way as everybody else because you
can't fake a relationship on screen if you
don't have it off screen.
And I don't know what the alchemy
is, what Dan Fogelman saw in all of us and our producers.
But he brought together a group of wonderful thespians
who happened to be even better individuals.
So I'll let somebody else take a turn.
Anybody want to say something about it?
[LAUGHTER]
Yep.
Do it.
Are we a family?
That was beautiful.
That was beautiful. REPORTER 3: Hi.
This is Julia Cobbs here from myTalk in Minneapolis.
Yes.
REPORTER 3: And I think what you were just tapping
in on is how much you move us.
Every week, we sit here and we watch the show.
And we're so delighted that you guys won, a network show.
And you move us.
We cry.
And we try not to cry.
And is there something-- you just
mentioned it, Sterling, that you watch it as a fan, and you cry.
Yeah.
Mandy, I'd be curious to hear, you know,
your feelings about it?
Do you cry?
I mean, you're so good.
You mean me?
Come on.
Tell us-- tell us a little something about your character.
You moved us.
I don't want to speak on behalf of everybody.
I mean, I think we all are moved by the material.
It's hard not to. I cry.
Milo can attest.
Milo and I like to make a plan of going
to watch every episode together, if we can, in Dan's office.
And it's just remarkable because, like,
these experiences right now, all of us
together, we never get to--
we're never in one room.
And so that's what makes this all so much more special
and celebratory, like, we're here together, celebrating
the hard work that we all put in,
being recognized by our fellow actors.
Like, it's-- I can't even put it into words yet.
It's mind-boggling.
Yes, over here.
REPORTER 4: This question is for Mandy.
Brandy with InStyle, all the way in the back.
Can you see me?
I'm waving.
I'm, like, in the back left.
OK, cool.
I just wanted to know, with everything that's
going on with the Time's Up movement, what advice would
you give to young women who are watching the SAG Awards
and, you know, wanting to be where you are, any of the women
up here?
Me specifically, or? REPORTER 4: Yeah.
You.
Oh, my goodness.
That's a heavy question.
I mean, I'm--
I'm honored to support the movement.
I think everyone on this stage is honored
to support the movement.
And I think we all feel encouraged by the momentum
forward, and that it's an ongoing conversation,
and that we all can participate and be agents of change.
And yeah, I don't know.
Any other women?
Sue, you want to say anything?
Alix?
About the Time's Up movement.
Oh, what would I say to young women?
Yeah.
OK, what would I say to young women?
What I would say to young women is that the times, they are
a changin', that there are some people who are paving
a pathway through their own courageousness,
and there are visionaries who now see
a new way to go and be in this industry,
and also that we're not--
you know, it's not some competition between men
and women, that there's just the need
to be seen in the same light, in the same respect, and equally.
And so just like women before me paved the way for me to be just
a normal black woman on television that resonates
with any culture is the same way that the way is being paved
for women to be able to showcase their talents
without having to sacrifice any of their own self-respect.
So I think that that's--
so the way the tide is going.
Right on.
[ALL EXCLAIM]
[APPLAUSE]
Wait, I've got something to add on, y'all.
Hi, Eris.
Come on, Eris.
We dropped the-- dropped that 20-pound thing.
All right.
Hi, my name is Eris Baker.
All right?
OK, so for young women, I would like to say to never give up.
Because I know that lots of people
are going through tough times right now.
And I've been in this business for seven--
I mean, since I was seven years old,
and I'm now accomplishing my goal.
So I want all of you guys to know that no matter
how long you get to your goal, no matter how far your goal is,
as long as you take your time, as long as you get there,
it doesn't matter how slow it takes you.
That's all that matters.
OK, thank you. [APPLAUSE]
Nice, Eris.
Nice job.
- We done? - Thank you, guys, yeah.
We done?
We gotta go home.