Timothée Chalamet’s unconventional press tours, starting with Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” and continuing to this year’s Marty Supreme, have become hot topics of internet discourse. The Oscar-nominated actor wants you to know that it’s not a gimmick.

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During a packed Q&A at London’s Prince Charles Cinema on Sunday, Chalamet, conversing with “Love Actually” filmmaker Richard Curtis, went on why he doesn’t consider as strictly PR moves like turning the Las Vegas sphere into a ping-pong ball or staging an unhinged Zoom meeting.

During the Q&A, Chalamet revealed that pulling double-duty on “SNL” actually took some convincing.

“I spent over six figures out of my pocket to do the ‘SNL’ performance,” Chalamet said. “Lorne Michaels said, ‘Hey, do you want to host “SNL”?’ I said, ‘Yeah, can I do the music?’ He’s like, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Alright, I’m not doing it.’ He said, ‘OK, do the music.’ But I refused to take no for an answer.”

Chalamet is once again up for a best actor Oscar after losing the trophy last year to Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist.” When asked bluntly by Curtis if he wants the Oscar, Chalamet blushed and stuttered, choosing his words carefully.

“Listen, yes. But I want to give you context for that, because sometimes I feel like I’ve been misinterpreted in my quest,” Chalamet said. “All these award things, they supplement the movie. I’m not going to turn this into a monologue about the crisis of theaters and stuff, but when you go to an awards show, everyone’s participating in an advertisement for each other — in the best sense of the word, I’m not saying that in a malicious way. I’m supporting ‘Hamnet’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ the way anyone in those movies is supporting ‘Marty Supreme.’ So anything else, yes, it helps to feed into the narrative … everyone’s pursuing it, you know?”

Curtis asked Chalamet a series of rapid-fire questions that got the audience and Chalamet giggling, including if the actor — who is currently dating Kylie Jenner — will ever get married.

“Wow, that’s so personal,” Chalamet answered, “Can we come?” Curtis countered. “Yeah, no — you’re going to get me in trouble, man,” Chalamet responded with a smile.

Curtis asked Chalamet what he wants to be remembered for and what he thinks his purpose is, something that was top-of-mind for Marty in the film. “These days, it’s paying it forward,” Chalamet answered.

He concluded: “That’s why I try to own it. I’m not shying away from it, I’m not being fake humble where I don’t feel it. And equally, I’m leaving it behind for someone that I hope I’m inspiring. So if they’ve got a fucked up life, they can go, ‘Man, but he’s fucking doing it. And I want to do it like that.’”