Andrew Garfield on Sunday won a Tony Award for his performance in Broadway’s “Angels in America,” and shared his thoughts on the recent U.S. Supreme Court Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, while honoring the LGBTQ community.
The 34-year old British-American actor blasted the U.S. Supreme Court for its recent ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case in his acceptance speech for best leading actor in a play.
“We are all sacred and we all belong, so let’s just bake a cake for everyone who wants a cake to be baked!” Garfield said as he accepted his first Tony award.
Garfield also dedicated his award to the LGBTQ community.
“At a moment in time where maybe the most important thing that we remember right now is the sanctity of the human spirit, it is the profound privilege of my life to play Prior Walter in ‘Angels in America’ because he represents the purest spirit of humanity, and especially that of the LGBTQ community. It is a spirit that says no to oppression. It is a spirit that says no to bigotry, no to shame, no to exclusion,” she Garfield told the audience.
“It is a spirit that says we are all made perfectly. And we all belong. So I dedicate this award to the countless LGBTQ people who have fought and died to protect that spirit, to protect that message for the right to live and love as we are created to.”
After his acceptance speech Garfield told reporters the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case was “curious,” because it will “only embolden other human beings to think it’s OK to hold on to their old bigoted ideas.”
He also called the new generation “diverse as hell,” and “not something to be afraid of.”