"I very quickly developed a kind of allergy, but that's part of the job
," said Emma Thompson about the Oscars ceremony at the microphone of the
Radio Times
podcast .
Coming out of the BAFTAs and less than two weeks before the next American film competition ceremony, the 63-year-old actress explained how difficult it was for her to live the race for the Oscars.
“The two times I had to do the Oscars, I got sick before and during the event. The pressure and the brilliance were too much…”
she said during the interview.
Emma Thompson shares the discomfort she felt there and her desire to
“lie down in a dark room
”
.
"
You say to yourself, 'Please don't ask me questions and don't make me talk about myself.
It's horrible."
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Of her job, it's not just the Oscars that she hates.
Notoriety does not appeal to Emma Thompson either.
“Fame doesn't happen overnight, it's gradual.
I am lucky from this point of view,
continues the actress.
I think it must be terrible for
James Bond,
for example.”
The British actress, member of the alumni of Footlights – the amateur theater club created in 1883 at the University of Cambridge – alongside Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, insists on her confidentiality.
"To completely lose your anonymity...it's not nice for you or the people around you
," the actress said.
Emma Thompson has been nominated for three Oscars for four different films.
The first time, in 1993, she won Best Actress for
Howards End
.
The following year she was nominated in the same category for her role in
The Remains of the Day
and for Best Supporting Actress for
In the Name of the Father.
But she wins neither.
In 1996, she was up for Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay for
Sense and Sensibility
- her win for the latter made her the only person to win Oscars for both play and film. writing.
