Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet is GQ’s March 2018 cover star. In the accompanying interview, he discusses one of his biggest inspirations: Kid Cudi. According to GQ, Chalamet was “was broke and struggling in ways he hadn’t expected” after his role in 2014’s Interstellar didn’t lead to as many new opportunities and roles as he’d hoped. Then, in what’s described as “a critical juncture when the walls were closing in,” he spent a couple hours with Cudi at a concert. “The takeaway was: Are you, Timothée, the sort of person who can’t possibly live any other way? ‘Fuck yeah.’” Read the full interview, “The Arrival of Timothée Chalamet,” at GQ.

Timothée Chalamet is nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Call Me by Your Name. Sufjan Stevens’ track for the film, “Mystery of Love,” is also up for Best Original Song. Recently, Chalamet was interviewed by Frank Ocean.

Read Pitchfork’s review of Kid Cudi’s most recent record, 2016’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’.