Well, no Best Supporting Actor SAG award for Hal Holbrook. It was awfully hard to compete with Javier Bardem, though. He gave a very solid, chilling performance. And the Cohen brothers are brilliant.
Nathan and I saw There Will Be Blood last night. What a well-made movie! Daniel Day-Lewis is such a consistently awesome actor. After we see Michael Clayton, we'll have seen all five nominees for Best Picture. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time, but I've just always been too busy. We've seen a lot of really great movies, lately.
I just also have to say that I loved both National Treasure movies. Action flicks are my guilty pleasure.
I'm rather saddened by the fallout surrounding Heath Ledger's death. From numerous away messages, status updates, etc: "Heath Ledger died. So sad, he was so hot."
It's always frustrated me in my acting pursuit when I get asked the question "So, are you famous yet? When are we going to see you in movies/on Broadway/at the Oscars?" They mean well, but I have a real problem with the concept of celebrity. I never wanted that. Contrary to popular belief, "celebrity" is not synonymous with "successful". I think giving humans celebrity status dehumanizes them, in a way. They become icons; objects, in essence.
I don't perform because I want to be famous. I perform because I'm an artist with the ability to tell and share stories that can have an impact on people's lives, and that's what I love. I've put performing on hold for a while because I lost sight of that.
So it really upsets me that there are people who are not remembering Heath Ledger as an artist, a son, a brother and a father; it upsets me that there are people who are first and foremost remembering him as an icon, a celebrity or a piece of eye-candy.
Mmmkay. Getting off my soapbox now.
On a lighter note, it is a beautiful, little-bit-warmer morning outside.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
- Fred Allen
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