--- ---  # Read Amy Schumer's Weird, Beautiful, Obsessive Ode to Tilda Swinton by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 2, 2014 6:59 PM UTC  Amy Schumer and Tilda Swinton attend IFP's 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on December 1, 2014 in New York City. Amy Schumer and Tilda Swinton attend IFP's 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on December 1, 2014 in New York City.Theo Wargo—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 2, 2014 6:59 PM UTC At Monday night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards, Amy Schumer was very, very excited to present an award to Tilda Swinton, who co-stars in Schumer’s upcoming movie _Trainwreck._ Turns out Schumer is _kind of_ obsessed with Swinton, as we learned from her very long speech that outlined just how incredible the actress is. “She can scare the s–t out of you and break your heart and give you a boner,” Schumer said, “all at the same time.” Here’s the full text of Schumer’s speech, [via Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/read-amy-schumers-ode-to-tilda-swinton.html): --- > “” --- Yeah. Amy Schumer's Tilda Swinton Tribute at Gotham Independent Film Awards ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3614125/amy-schumer-tilda-swinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3614125/amy-schumer-tilda-swinton/"},"headline":"Read Amy Schumer's Weird, Beautiful, Obsessive Ode to Tilda Swinton","datePublished":"2014-12-02T18:59:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:56.821Z","description":"\"Hanging out with her makes me furious at everyone else I've ever met that they are not her.\"","url":"https://time.com/3614125/amy-schumer-tilda-swinton/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity","Amy Schumer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ea56d47b231607/69876bf3e53aba4ad74d63dc/459806324.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ea56d47b231607/69876bf3e53aba4ad74d63dc/459806324.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amy Schumer and Tilda Swinton","caption":"IFP's 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards - Show","creditText":"Theo Wargo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3614125/amy-schumer-tilda-swinton/","name":"Read Amy Schumer's Weird, Beautiful, Obsessive Ode to Tilda Swinton"}}]}] ```