To me, an Oscar movie has to have some type of emotional pull.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think most people have that out of body experience when they win the Oscar.
For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.
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.
As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
If you have a movie that doesn't strive to go to a certain emotional point, you can do anything and it will be fine and funny. But if you have something pretty emotional at its core, you have to make it right. You don't want it overwrought or unearned. Everything has to be moving towards this one thing.
When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!
I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.
I literally don't think about Oscar.
I find films incredibly emotional. That's the power of the medium.
I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no such thing as an entertaining or a serious film; there are good films and bad films. Good films will always find a vast audience.