Stephen Graham's Golden Globe Awards win felt "exceptionally surreal"

Asked if his Golden Globes win felt "surreal", he said on This Morning: "Yes, exceptionally surreal.

"Yeah, it didn't feel real.

"It was a wonderful experience though."

While Stephen was delighted to be awarded the prestigious gong, the This is England star insisted he doesn't act to try to land awards.

He added: "It's what we do, and I say this all the time, it's not a game of footy.

"It's not a competition what we do.

"It's subjective, it's art, art, is subjective. It means different things to different people.

"It's nice to be acknowledged by your peers, but ultimately that's not why we do it. You know what I mean?

"If I was a footy player it would be well different, but it's not why we do it. It's completely different."

At the ceremony, Stephen thanked his wife Hannah Walters - his Adolescence co-star and one of the ex ecutive producers of the show - for "saving [his] life", as he picked up his Golden Globe Award.

Stephen praised Hannah as "one of the best producers ever and a woman I'm very, very lucky to be married to."

He added: "I've said it before, but you saved my life. You saved my life.

"And to my two beautiful children, Grace and Alfie, I love you to the moon and back forever. My dad, my pops, my hero, and I would just like to dedicate this particular award to my mom and all my friends and family, you all know exactly who you are. Without you, none of this is possible."

Stephen also paid tribute to fellow nominees Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror), Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story), Jude Law (Black Rabbit) and Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me).

He began his speech by saying: "First of all, I'd just like to say a massive congratulations to all of the nominees in the category. Outstanding performances all across the board, each and every one of you, it's an honour to share this space with you."