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The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.

With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

To me, an Oscar movie has to have some type of emotional pull.

What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful.

The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me.

Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.

I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.