When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life.
I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.
I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.
My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'
I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn't going to change my life - that I had to be in control of changing my life.