LOS ANGELES 鈥� Reactions from some of the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards:
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鈥淚 owe Sam everything for this role. I leaned into Sam Cooke鈥檚 signature confidence and signature swagger to make this believable. There were plenty of places that I felt like I might not measure up. But in those moments, I would reach for Sam鈥檚 confidence, because he knew how to measure up. There were times, there were moments that it felt like bringing him so close helped me find some of that magic in myself.鈥� 鈥� Leslie Odom Jr., nominated for best supporting actor for his role as Sam Cooke in 鈥淥ne Night in Miami,鈥� in an interview.
鈥淲hen you hear your own name it鈥檚 a weird feeling, I just quietly gave thanks and felt some gratitude ... but when I heard (fellow nominees including Paul Raci and Darius Marder) I was punching the air and jumping up and down in my bed and screaming! This really felt like a family affair.鈥� 鈥� Riz Ahmed, nominated for best actor for 鈥淪ound of Metal,鈥� in an interview.
鈥淲ow Wa We Waa! Thank you to the Academy for this
鈥淥h, no, never, ever even dreamt about it. No, it was just other side of the world, that story. So not to me.鈥� 鈥� Yuh-Jung Youn, nominated for best supporting actress for 鈥淢inari,鈥� in an interview after arriving in Vancouver, Canada, and beginning a quarantine period.
鈥淚t was a complete surprise. We were in the middle of talking about something else because we, of course, never, ever saw that coming and that created more sort of a sense of ecstasy and and the element of celebration escalated drastically. ... It鈥檚 midday here and I鈥檝e already had my share of champagne, bubbles are good to start with. It accelerates things. And yes, I鈥檒l have some drinks tonight.鈥� 鈥� Thomas Vinterberg on his nomination for best director for 鈥淎nother Round,鈥� which was also nominated for best international feature film, in an interview.
鈥淲e are up in the mountains at Lake Arrowhead expecting a snowstorm this morning. This was especially a great day to wake up (early) ... There's kind of a moment when you see your movie appear that you were hoping for it but there it is, and you can't believe it, and its an incredibly satisfying rewarding thing that you hope that everybody on the team got up also to experience. This is the first time I have directed a feature so any kind of acknowledgment is really a wonderful
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