notes include chronological sources from most recent to oldest in years (w/ links) to where timothée mentioned said film. some may or may not have quotes and/or multiple sources since that particular film has been mentioned more than once.
LAST UPDATED: November 13th 2020
“I saw The Dark Knight before I applied for LaGuardia, and Heath Ledger made me want to act.” - Timothée Chalamet, the last magazine, 2016
“I just had no clue what was going on in his [Heath Ledger’s] head, and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.” - Timothée Chalamet, indiewire, 2017
“When I was 12 years old, after attending one of my sister, Pauline’s, performances, I petitioned my mom and grandma to see Chistopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight with me. We went to AMC Empire 25, in Times Square, for a 7:30 screening, and I left that theatre a changed man... And I’m serious about that. Heath Ledger’s performance in that film was visceral and viral to me... And I now had the acting bug.” - Timothée Chalamet, new york film critics circle acceptance speech, 2018
“It was really a transformative experience for me. I didn’t know anything about acting but I knew I wanted to play something or someone like Heath Ledger’s joker.” - Timothée Chalamet, national board of review gala acceptance speech, 2018
other mentions:
SilverKris, 2019
Melty Originals, 2019
BCC Radio 1's Screen Time Podcast, 2019
CMBYN Facebook live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
Popcorn with Peter Travers, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
gq, 2018
tiff: vanity fair, 2018
TIFF: MTV News, 2018
timeout, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
lff: hey u guys, 2018
The Hollywood Reporter: Actors Roundtable, 2018
(source material/reference point for cmbyn)
“It’s always the scene in I Am Love with Tilda Swinton in the grass that really jumps out at me - just the cool intimate closeness to the grass and the insects in the grass.” - Timothée Chalamet, sbs, 2017
other mentions:
Popcorn with Peter Travers, 2018
new york film critics circle acceptance speech, 2018
august man, 2018
toronto sun, 2018
moviesmoveme.com, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
gold derby live stream, 2017
grazia.es, 2017
cmbyn premiere: london film festival, 2017
MovieMaker, 2017
“My favorite movie is James White by Josh Mond, and it’s a testament to the filmmaking that I couldn’t tell where the filmmaking was. It felt like watching a man’s journey. Josh has his finger on what it is to be alive now.” - Timothée Chalamet, Vman: by Xavier Dolan, 2018
other mentions:
CMBYN Facebook live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
TIFF: Vanity Fair, 2018
TIFF: MTV News, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
Happy Sad Confused Podcast, 2017
(timothée’s favourite book and coming-of-age film)
“The one that took hold of me was a book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which was made into a movie later. It’s written in a way that only a young person could speak. And the unabashed lostness of the protagonist...” - Timothée Chalamet, the new york times, 2018
other mentions:
MTV News, 2018
“American Psycho’s one of my favourite movies.” - Timothée Chalamet, dp/30: the oral history of hollywood, 2017
“I’ll make no illusions of having multiple conversations with him [Christian Bale] on set [of Hostiles] and when I did, I grilled him about American Psycho and The Dark Knight.” - Timothée Chalamet, GQ, 2018
other mentions:
SilverKris, 2019
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
Timeout, 2018
Backstage, 2017
“I was hanging out with some drama friends one night, and we decided to watch something funny. We randomly chose an Adam Sandler comedy we thought had a cool poster: Punch-Drunk Love. it was clear from the first long, wide shot of Mr. Sandler at a desk, where he’s in a deep argument about coupons, this was not a cheesy Adam Sandler comedy.
“I sat there watching and watching and watching, and then something happened, it clicked. I was inside the world of an introvert, the way I’d only been reading [in] books, like The Perks Of Being A Wallflower or something like Crime And Punishment. Adam Sandler clued me into a world I’d never been, and then it was over.” - Timothée Chalamet, National Board of Review Gala Acceptance Speech, New York City, 2018
other mentions:
National Board of Review Awards: Uncut Gems Speech, 2019
Variety: By Timothée Chalamet, 2019
CMBYN Facebook live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
TIFF: MTV News, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
i-D, 2018
“The writer-director [of Punch-Drunk Love] was Paul Thomas Anderson. ‘That’s a cool name,’ I thought. ‘It’s a cool name, could be a rapper or something.
So I run home and I watched the only other available movie of his on Netflix (because I’m a millennial), The Master.
“It was the only ever time I had the visceral reaction I did while watching The Dark Knight six years earlier. About forty minutes into the film, there’s a processing scene, an interrogation of sorts, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character says to Joaquin Phoenix that he has to answer everything he asks of him honestly and without blinking. I was floored.
“The scene contained two masters at work, open, vulnerable, in Mr. Phoenix’s case, physically self-loathing. To this day, I don’t know a scene that feels so intensely honest… The scene was somehow messy, and the most direct piece of acting I’ve ever seen.” - Timothée Chalamet, National Board of Review Gala Acceptance Speech, 2018
other mentions:
Melty Originals, 2019
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
MTV News, 2018
Vman: by Frank Ocean, 2018
TIFF: Vanity Fair, 2018
TIFF: MTV News, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
The Hollywood Reporter: Actors Roundtable, 2018
Backstage, 2017
Variety: Actors on Actors w/ Daniel Kaluuya, 2017
(source material/reference point for cmbyn)
SBS, 2017
other mentions:
DP/30: The Oral History of Hollywood, 2017
“when we were shooting interstellar i watched bernie for the first time which is weird ‘cause now i’ve seen that movie like 12 times. that movie is so- jack black is so incredible in that movie. i don’t know why it’s not like everybody’s favourite movie.” - timothée chalamet, dp/30: the oral history of hollywood, 2017
other mentions:
Texas Film Awards, 2018
(source material/reference point for cmbyn)
“I had already watched A Bigger Splash [before meeting Luca Guadagnino] and the characters in that are so physically vibrant, particularly Ralph Fiennes, so I had no anxiety about the intimate close-ups [in Call Me By You Name].” - Timothée Chalamet, Metro, 2017
other mentions:
Quotidien, 2018
august man, 2018
Toronto Sun, 2018
moviesmoveme.com, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
sbs, 2017
grazia.es, 2017
cmbyn premiere: london film festival, 2017
MovieMaker, 2017
“[Talking about Shia LaBeouf] when I watch Nymphomaniac or American Honey, that mystery and that- mystery’s like not even almost good enough a word but that’s all i can get to right now- it’s so tangible on screen.” - Timothée Chalamet, sad happy confused, 2017
(source material/reference point for lady bird)
- Greta Gerwig directed Timothée towards the films of Éric Rohmer, specifically My Night at Maud’s, which she says contains a character who is an example of a long-standing type. As is Timothée’s character (Kyle Scheible) in Lady Bird.
- In addition, Gerwig also gave Timothée a collection of theoretical essays called “The Internet Does Not Exist” that warns of the dangers of a networked world.
source: Vulture, 2017
(timothée’s favourite love story)
“favourite love story? i don’t know, uh... maybe blue valentine because the acting’s so good in that.” - timothée chalamet, sensacine, 2018
“A no-holds-barred thriller that provided shock and awe and a devastatingly seductive and deceptive performance by Robert Pattinson.” - Variety: By Timothée Chalamet, 2019
National Board of Review Awards: Uncut Gems Speech, 2019
Happy Sad Confused, 2017
dp/30: the oral history of hollywood, 2017
“The Social Network. That’s a really formative film that holds such a special place in so many people’s hearts.” - Timothée Chalamet, moviesmoveme.com, 2017
other mentions:
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
New York Film Critics Circle Acceptance Speech, 2018
Toronto Sun, 2018
Call Me By Your Name Q&A (NYC), 2018
CMBYN Premiere: London Film Festival, 2017
DP/30: The Oral History of Hollywood, 2017
Gold Derby Live Stream, 2017
(source material/reference point for cmbyn)
“It was incredible to work with such a legend [James Jvory], going through Maurice and how the themes in that film maybe play into the themes in this film [Call Me By Your Name].” - Timothée Chalamet, SBS, 2017
other mentions:
dp/30: the oral history of hollywood, 2017
(source material/reference point for cmbyn)
source: sbs, 2017
“A movie like Mommy, visually, is unlike anything (at least) i’ve ever seen.” - Timothée Chalamet, Happy Sad Confused, 2017
“I’ve been the biggest fan of your [Xavier Dolan’s] work for years. You direct films that make really strong, clear choices... the moment, in Mommy, when the actor opens up the aspect ratio—wait, I don’t want to ruin it!” - Timothée Chalamet, VMan: by Xavier Dolan, 2018
other mentions:
BAFTA Guru: Rising Star Q&A w/ Daniel Kaluuya, 2018
(watched w/ luca)
“luca [guadagnino] has this incredible screening room in crema, where we shot the movie [call me by your name], in this beautiful apartment... and it was like a film education. it was really like getting to go to school. and where i watched babette’s feast... which i understand to be a great movie but it’s just not my kind of movie luca! it’s great, okay! it’s great! i’m just being honest, okay? it’s excellent! i’m looking at the critics shaking their head. it’s excellent, it’s just, it’s not for me, okay.” - timothée chalamet, los angeles film critics awards acceptance speech, 2018
other mentions:
Variety, 2017
CMBYN Facebook live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
(watched w/ luca)
“—but also alien, which is a great movie, and i loved.” - timothée chalamet, los angeles film critics awards acceptance speech, 2018
other mentions:
Variety, 2017
CMBYN Facebook Live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
august man, 2018
(watched w/ luca)
Variety, 2017
CMBYN Facebook Live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
los angeles film critics awards acceptance speech, 2018
“The Shape of Water is amazing.” - Timothée Chalamet, Vman: by Frank Ocean, 2018
other mentions:
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Acceptance Speech, 2018
Film Independent Spirit Awards: ET, 2018
Twitter: @RealChalamet, 2015
dp/30: the oral history of hollywood, 2017
shortlist, 2018
hero, 2015/2018
TIFF: MTV News, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
"the broken circle breakdown is just so heartbreaking and perfect, that the idea of not working with him [felix van groeningen] when the opportunity presents itself is crazy.” - timothée chalamet, mtv news, 2018
other mentions:
MTV News, 2018
san sebastian international film festival, 2018
VRT News, 2018
MTV News, 2018
MTV News, 2018
(harmony korine is one of timothée’s favourite directors)
source: gq, 2017
“i did see a really great movie called final girls, kind of a play on the horror genre that was hilarious.” - timothée chalamet, hero, 2015/2018
(timothée auditioned for this film)
The King
BCC Radio 1's Screen Time Podcast, 2019
Beautiful Boy
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Acceptance Speech, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
happy sad confused, 2017
“with younger actors, often you don’t really know what you’re getting. unless you’re brooklyn prince in the florida project and you’re like the greatest revelation in the last 30 years. that movie is awesome.” - gold derby live stream, 2017
other mentions:
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
(timothée auditioned for this film)
Popcorn with Peter Travers, 2018
MTV News, 2018
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
gold derby live stream, 2017
variety: actors on actors, 2017
“Watching La La Land was so inspiring. To go see it with my grandma- I took her in an uber to Brooklyn- we went to see La La Land and it felt like an ode to her. Like life and cultural experience as an audience member of american art and the american songbook.” - Timothée Chalamet, DP/30: The Oral History of Hollywood, 2017
“I wouldn't know how to act if I didn't have music. It relates again to laguardia high, where I studied acting, - for my freshman scene there when I was 13 years old I was listening to the soundtrack of The Hurt Locker outside the stage before I went in there. So to me acting doesn't exist without some sort of soundtrack underneath, whether heard or internalized or whatever.” - Timothée Chalamet, Golden Globe Awards, 2017
other mentions:
Awards Chatter Podcast, 2018
Melty Originals, 2019
On Demand Entertainment, 2019
tiff: the hollywood reporter, 2018
what was the last movie that made you cry?
source: tiff: the hollywood reporter, 2018
his t-shirt, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
bbc radio 1 podcast, 2019
(timothée auditioned for this film)
timeout, 2018
Twitter: @RealChalamet, 2015
CMBYN Facebook live w/ Luca Guadagnino, 2018
timeout, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
Playback Podcast, 2018
(timothée auditioned for this film)
“White Boy Rick is a movie that’s coming out. I wept for hours after doing that audition.” - Timothée Chalamet, Timeout, 2018
other mentions:
Playback Podcast, 2018
“That movie’s really amazing. watching it thinking, ‘Oh, man, I hope Harry [Styles] doesn’t think every set is world war ll ships!” - Timothée Chalamet, i-D, 2018
other mentions
MovieMaker, 2017
Popcorn with Peter Travers, 2018
Interview w/ Halleta Alemu, 2019
“i’ve always dreamed of being in a big movie like dunkirk or dark knight or inception.” - timothée chalamet, i-d, 2018
other mentions:
Melty Originals, 2019
“superbad, which at the time, for me, and i’m speaking for guys and girls my age everywhere, that exists like, in the mean girls universe for me, as far as defining, like, a moment for a lot of people.”
emma stone: have you seen it recently?
“i just watched like, two weeks ago actually. i think it’s- like, micheal cera’s so excellent in that movie too.” - timothée chalamet, variety: actors on actors w/ emma stone, 2018
“that movie’s so good, it’s so awesome. man, ryan gosling’s like the perfect man in that movie.
jonah... who’s the boy in that, i’m forgetting his last name, i went to high school with him. so he came back after shooting crazy, stupid love and all of us other actors were bitter...” - timothée chalamet, variety: actors on actors w/ emma stone, 2018
“the rocker, which is not a movie that a ton of people have seen but i think is fucking brilliant and has one of my favourite movie quotes in it where rain wilson pukes in his hand before a show and you’re [emma stone] like ‘what are you doing?’ and he’s like ‘some people rock a rabbit’s foot, i rock a pocket of puke.’
that i’ve seen more than superbad, that i’ve seen, like 4 or 5 times.” - timothée chalamet,
variety: actors on actors w/ emma stone, 2018
Twitter: @RealChalamet, 2018
“[Talking about The World’s End] I love Edgar Wright. I mean, his movies are just awesome.” - Timothée Chalamet, Steve Wright's Big Guests (BBC Radio 2), 2019
Timothée watched this at the movie theatre on Christmas Eve, 2018 (via @tchalamet’s instagram story)
other mentions:
Popopop French Interview, 2019
(a tweet to richard e. grant)
Twitter: @RealChalamet, 2018
“It’s just a very moving picture. I went to see that with my mom at Lincoln Centre, we went to see it together and she said she had never seen a movie like that before.” - Timothée Chalamet, GQ Party, 2017
(one of the first movies timothée ever saw)
SensCritique, 2019
Kobini France, 2018
Popopop Podcast (French), 2019
“2019 has given us the brothers’ most full-throated, most wholehearted, most complete New York vision yet — “Uncut Gems.”’ - Variety: By Timothée Chalamet, 2019
National Board of Review Awards: Uncut Gems Speech, 2019
Happy Sad Confused Podcast, 2019
Playback Podcast, 2018
Timothée attended the 2019 TIFF premiere
Timothée attended the premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2019 via his Instagram story
Kobini France, 2018
Popopop French Interview, 2019