This sounds less like a speech honoring a colleague and more like a declaration of love.

"Being seduced over and over by each performance" - And then being IN A FILM WITH HER, being seduced once more. Must have been a real trip for Rooney.

and now you make out with her on Carol Yessssssss!!!!!! life goals!!!!

"Women in film are as interesting and as complex as men, they can be so much more actually." Damn right, BOTH of these women are the perfect examples.

She genuinely sounds in love with her. To do Carol with Cate must have been a dream.

I love rooney's shaking voice...very real. No pretentions just pure admirations for cate...her carol.😍😍😍

This was before Carol even came out.....😍😳

cate was sitting in a position like"😅 😘😎😆😌😅😉😂"

It is a huge declaration of love. It is perfekt.

Cate must've been crying tears of joy hearing Rooney Mara's speech.

wow Rooney. What a speech.

"I remember the first time I saw Kate I was thirteen years old, and I went to the local movie theater to see Elizabeth. I remember when she came on screen and I can remember the feeling that washed over me seeing her with her piercingly blue eyes and her alabaster skin. Her serial grace and magnetism taking over the screen, even in her silence, even in her stare. It was one of the moments I knew for sure I wanted to be an actor, but more than that it was the moment I knew I didn't just want to be an actor, I wanted to be an actor like Kate. And from that day on I remember following her and watching her, being seduced over and over with every performance, each and every character just wildly different from the next. I never knew what to expect from her, I could never predict a line or a feeling. I would go looking for Cate Blanchett but Cate Blanchett was never there. It was always someone else, someone else that I had never seen before. I'm often asked whose career do you admire or if you could choose an actress who has had the most influence over you, who would it be, and I've always been hesitant to vocalize the one, or commit to a person. And there's so many influences worth fawning over, but the truth of the matter is the virtues I admire most about Cate are the ones I could never disclose publicly, I sort of liken them to private little treasures I visit for inspiration, for motivation, for reassurance or courage. This past summer, yet again, I went to a local movie theater, this time not in the town I grew up in but in the big New York City, and not as a little girl, but as a young actress. And I remember walking to the theater with all the anticipation one would have, having been starved of Cate for far too long. And I had recently been feeling a little lost, and uninspired, I was feeling frustrated creatively to be a woman instead of a man in this business. But along with everyone else who watched Cate I was once again mesmerized by her uninhibited performance of Jasmine French. A portrait of a vulnerable, unhinged woman caught in a downward spiral of despair. Confronted with such a wickedly complicated character, Cate had to be perversely disciplined and acutely aware of how deliberate and how precise her choices had to be. And I walked out of the theater just bursting with excitement and bursting with that same feeling I had when I was thirteen, that longing to be able to do what she does. Um... even if it's just a fraction of it. And I was reminded that no, you know, women in film are as interesting and as complex as men, they can be so much more actually. I read once someone describing Queen Elizabeth as far too aware of her own exceptional nature, to bow to any man. And I feel like the same can be said about Cate herself, and you know, as we saw, she once played a man, and probably better than any man could have. Um, Cate occupies this rarified air, this cloud of real estate that's marveled at from the ground by the rest of us, and it's been my true joy and inspiration to look up at her, to try and attain some of that grace and fearlessness that she possesses, to try to bring it to my own life and my own work. So, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing Cate Blanchett with tonight's prestigious honor of Performance of the Year." Rooney's got it baaad

Never been wanting to ship celebrities so hard before. Cate-Rooney!

Jesus Christ, have you guys read the speech she just gave? It is a full on love declaration.

sounds like someone has a cruuuuuuush ...

everything comes full circle

Rooney and Cate

So cute and what a lovely, honest speech!

PLEASE THIS IS DEFINETLY A DECLARATION OF LOVE

Rooney, you are trembling lol

Awwwww! Her voice was shaky when she's talking about Cate..

My angel... flung out of space...❤❤❤

imagine getting a love letter like this? wow love them both

Wow this is like a love letter even I blushed......🤣🔥🤦🏻‍♀️

rooney and I have the same age when I first saw cate from the movie elizabeth.. well, you are a very very lucky girl you make out with cate after 17 years of waiting. #jealouse .. congrats again for both of you, with oscar or not still for me you both really great and you really did a job very well. cate and rooney were very professional❤😍 cate is 46 turning 47 tho. i still lover her❤

I wonder how many girls fell in love with Cate while/after watching Elizabeth because I know for sure I'm one of those.

she sounded so nervous.

everything comes full circle indeed!

This is so heartfelt and intimate I feel like I'm intruding by watching.

Such a phenomenal talent as hers can only be described as genius, I feel that she is the best actress under the age of 50 that we now have in the world. She is so grounded, articulate and unassuming. Hope to see her on the stage some day. Lovely to have this video and hear Rooney's homage.

The way she was listening and staring at rooney tho. I want that

Hold on Cate! You can hug Rooney longer, maybe an hour or all day. It definitely doesn't mater with us haha

my angel,flung out of space ❤

I'm obsessed with this.

Carol Rooney Mara has ❤ of gold . Love the speech

I love both cate and rooney💋

Bravo Rooney to give a big gift to cate!!! Nobody gives like that!!!

Rooney she is a Amazing, God bless her!!!

These are wedding vows

Beautiful speech

케이트블란쳇 루니마라 😍❤️

I will wish that you were in Santa Barbara tonight... :-D It comes full circle.

Why was the beginning of cates speech cut off in the video? She thanks Rooney for everything she said about her

My angel, flung out of space 😭 potanginaaaaaa kalami 😭😭😭😭

This is crazy. Is this well before they even filmed Carol??

where is the part cate says to roone you can do my eulogy? lol

Beautiful introduction ❤❤❤

THIS WAS BEFORE CAROL OMG

I CAN'T BREATHEEE HELPP

she's in love

omg

Did she say seduced??

🤩🤩🤩

Ah GAAY!

she sounds so giddy lmao

It happens. Look at Beyoncé & Michelle Obama. They have a major appreciation society with each other but they are not lovers. Girl Crushes are very normal. I remember reading New Woman Magazine in which they say that they are good because they are a positive influence on you and they want you to be better and do better.

Are these vows? 🤣

That UGG sign is irritating.

I'll bet she was thirsty.