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Reactions: The Golden Globe Nominations

Posted Thursday, December 12th, 2013 - Comments Off on Reactions: The Golden Globe Nominations
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“I’m truly humbled and honored to be acknowledged for two projects that, though very different from one another, are both extremely personal and special to me.  Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press for your support, and I would also like to give a special thank you to Mr. Mandela, who will be forever missed.” – Idris Elba, nominated for Best Actor for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and for Best Actor in a Miniseries for Luther

“I haven’t called anyone. I’m too overwhelmed! I’ve done a dance of joy in my hotel room. All of these nominations hopefully mean that more people will go and see it, and that is really exciting because I feel this film is pivotal and just so good for the world.” — Lupita Nyong’o, nominated for Best-Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave

“Making this film was the most satisfying and thrilling job I’ve had in years. It was a privilege to work with a team of people who couldn’t have been bettered. I’m really honored to be nominated.” – Emma Thompson, nominated for Best Leading Actress for Saving Mr. Banks

“What great news! I’m delighted, and hugely honoured to be in such magnificent company. And without the inspiration of Philomena herself I wouldn’t of course be receiving this recognition.” – Judi Dench, nominated for Best Actress for Philomena

“I’m thrilled and so grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press. One question: Does this mean I need two dresses?” — Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who received two nominations for her roles in the TV series Veep and the movie Enough Said

“I’m excited and honored that the HFPA has recognized my performance in Dallas Buyers Club. Ron Woodroof was a revolutionary for the human spirit, and I was blessed to tell his story. I’m looking forward to spending the evening at the Golden Globes on January 12th.” – Matthew McConaughey nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Motion Picture for Dallas Buyers Club

“I feel great. I think it’s wonderful that a little film like this has an opportunity, has a light shone in its direction.” — Jared Leto, nominated for Best-Supporting Actor in the film Dallas Buyers Club

“Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognizing such an important and timeless film. Scoring a project for Steve McQueen of this caliber was truly a once in a lifetime experience, and I could not be more grateful for the love that he, the cast, and the film have received.” – Hans Zimmer, Best Original Score Nominee for 12 Years a Slave

“Thank you to the HFPA. This is so exciting. I’m thrilled that the film received so many nominations and that I get to share this with the rest of the cast.” – Jennifer Lawrence nominated for Best-Supporting Actress for American Hustle

“Joel and Ethan (Coen) have completely changed my life. There’s a reason why (this) happens to so many actors who are involved in their movies because they create a stage for people to do their absolute best work. Not only the actors themselves, but everyone involved” — Oscar Isaac, nominated for Best Actor in a musical or comedy for Inside Llewyn Davis

“I’m honored. The HFPA puts on a good party and I am happy to be invited.” – Tom Hanks, nominated for Captain Phillips

“When the phone rang this morning, I silenced it and I thought, ‘Ugh, who do I owe money to?'” — Greta Gerwig, nominated for Best Actress in a musical or comedy film for Frances Ha

“This was a one-of-a-kind shooting for all us. You don’t read scripts written that honest. We all had a good time. It was so relaxed. We really knew this was something special. I have done things onstage that have brought attention to my work, but this is as exciting as could be” — June Squibb, nominated for Best-Supporting Actress for Nebraska

“To get a film out there which is received the way it is, is really exceptional. This on top of that is an extraordinary addition to that. I think I’m just excited about that really, and not thinking about too much else.” — Chiwetel Ejiofor, nominated for Best Actor in a drama for 12 Years a Slave on whether he’s thinking about bigger nominations

“Thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognizing Her. Spike [Jonze] wrote a wonderful story and I am really happy for him.” – Joaquin Phoenix nominated for Best Leading Actor for Her

“It is great news to have my film nominated for the second time. My special thanks are to Hollywood Foreign Press Association. I have great memories from being at the Golden Globes ceremony last time, and I’m looking forward to going there again.” – Asghar Farhadi, Writer/Director of The Past

 

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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?

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“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.

~ David Simon