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When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be.

The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment.

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?'

I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's good for business.

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!