Oscar Nominees React
I was expecting many of the stars and movies when the Oscar nominees were announced earlier. There were really no real surprises but I’m still very curious to know the reactions from the stars themselves. Here’s is what some of them said or did when they heard their names announced. This has been culled from several videos online and on television:
Gabourey Sidibe, Best Actress Nominee (Precious) — “As soon as I heard I jumped up and down and for some reason I kept screaming, ‘I’m going to get a car! I’m going to get a car!’ I don’t know why, but I did.”
Carey Mulligan, Best Actress Nominee (An Education) — This is beyond anything I’ve ever dreamed of. I’ve definitely never felt such excitement and nausea this early in the morning!
Sandra Bullock, Best Actress Nominee (The Blind Side) — “I’d always assumed that the road to Oscar was planned. I thought people chose projects that were considered ‘Oscar-worthy.’ No one wanted to make this film. I didn’t want to make this film for the better part of the year. Everyone is as blindsided — can I say that? — as I am”
Jeremy Renner, Best Actor Nominee (The Hurt Locker) — “This is more exhilarating than I could have ever imagined. What a tremendous honour from the academy – a blazing stamp in the passport of an artist that can never be taken away and will always be cherished.”
Katheryn Bigelow, Best Director Nominee (The Hurt Locker) — “If one can give the impression that the impossible is possible, then I am perhaps overwhelmed with joy. But I do hope some day we can lose the modifier and that it becomes a moot point whether the person is male or female and they’re just film-makers making statements that they believe in.”
Katheryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, brought home the top prize for Best Director at the recently concluded Directors Guild Awards. She beats former husband, James Cameron, who was also nominated for what is now the highest grossing movie to date, Avatar.
