By Laura Rooney laura@moviecitynews.com

What do you say when you get nominated?

Posted Thursday, January 16th, 2014 - Comments Off on What do you say when you get nominated?
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“I am in complete and total shock. I honestly was not expecting this, on a level you can’t even imagine. Again, I’m clearly in shock. I didn’t have a plan for celebrating today because I truly did not expect any of this! But I am going to Critics’ Choice Awards and will be great to see everyone from the film there tonight. Truly, this is shocking.” – Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

“It’s a very good thing to wake up to; we were all asleep! Am I still recovering from last weekend? Not really. I’m never really out late anymore at this stage in my life. Making Hustle was very challenging, so it’s really nice that people not only recognized the film but all the actors as well. And I’m so proud to have been in Her too, which has been recognized with a best picture nomination. As for celebrating today, maybe we should go out for a family hike? Then again, everyone looks pretty tired around here right now!” – Amy Adams, American Hustle

“This is just the loveliest news. I’m so happy for everybody involved, and so proud to have been part of the wonderful experience that Philomena has been.” -Judi Dench, Philomena

“I’m fighting a little cold here but this will certainly go a long way to boost my immune system. To have these actors really put their hearts in it all together, to have them each get a nod is a big deal for us because we created a family together.” – David O. Russell, American Hustle

“Thank you Academy for this incredible recognition. These nominations are not just about single achievements, but rather the collective effort of hundreds of dedicated artists who made this dream a reality. On behalf of everyone involved with Gravity I want to express our deepest gratitude to the industry, the exhibitors and the public for embracing this film so passionately. A special thank you to our friends and collaborators at Warner Bros. for staying on board this journey for more than four years. I am particularly moved by Sandy’s nomination. She is the heartbeat of our film. She immersed herself in the part. And I thank her for her grace, her trust and her dedication to finding the truth of this character.”
-Alfonso Cuarón, Director, Gravity

“I was at my father’s house in Maryland, on Skype with the whole office and production company in Denmark and the whole crew in Indonesia, so there was this wonderful moment of collective squealing and delight and surprise. All I can say is I’m so happy and honored and I’m always amazed that anyone comes to see anything I make, so the fact it received this nomination is astonishing and wonderful. This was not an easy film to make, with 60 Indonesians working every day for eight years, risking their safety to make the film in hopes it would open up a national discussion about a regime built on mass murder.” – Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing

“It feels absolutely amazing, and I’m incredibly honored to be part of this insanity. It’s an absolute dream and I’m so proud to be part of a $4 million film about people fighting for their lives. .. I’m going back to bed and then wake up and make vegan pancakes.” – Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

“This makes me want to sing out loud!  I’m beyond humbled by this honor.  All of the praying our ladies have done for the film’s success has clearly paid off!  After 20 years in this business, to have our movie and these extraordinary women recognized by such an esteemed group, means more to me than I can ever say.   My only regret is that our producer, the late Gil Friesen, isn’t here to be a part of it – I know he’s smiling down on us and would have been over the moon with the news.” -Morgan Neville, Director, 20 Feet From Stardom

“THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  We are forever indebted to our late producer Gil Friesen and director Morgan Neville who have told our stories so beautifully and with such heart.  We never imagined we’d be in this position and hope the film inspires everyone who sees it to keep following their dreams.  Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition – we feel eternally blessed.” -The ladies of 20 Feet From Stardom

“I am overcome with gratitude. After spending five years with the Shinoharas, I feel privileged to have brought their unique love story and their inspiring artistry to the screen.  Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition which I share with Ushio and Noriko without whom none of this would have been possible.” -Zachary Heinzerling, Director, Cutie & the Boxer

“I’m extraordinarily happy for all the cast and crew of our 12 Years a Slave family.  This has been an amazing ride, and to receive nine nominations from the Academy is testament to all of the hard work.  And for that I am truly grateful.” -Steve McQueen, Director, 12 Years A Slave

“I am deeply humbled by this honor and even happier to share today with Marty, Jonah, Terry as well as this entire cast and crew. The Wolf of Wall Street has been a passion project of mine, and I found the role  to be one of the most challenging and rewarding of my career.   Congratulations to all of my fellow nominees and thank you to the Academy for this extraordinary recognition.” -Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

“This was certainly a once in a lifetime experience and the recognition from it is an absolutely thrilling bonus. I simply could not be more excited right now.” -Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

“I heard the phone ring this morning and thought, ‘Ok, it has to be good news.’ In Hollywood, good news travels fast; bad news you have to eek out of people. It’s so wonderful how this film has changed the landscape this year. It’s a really loving story and I’m so pleased with how Philomena herself has been affected by the film. It’s definitely helped her heal telling her story — everyone wants to give her a hug after all the Q&A sessions. I definitely want to celebrate this achievement with my co-writers today, but I was raised Catholic, so I can’t let go to my head. I have to put in a decent day’s work first.” – Steve Coogan, Philomena

“I’m very honored to be nominated alongside such inspiring actresses. Congratulations to the cast and crew ofAmerican Hustle and Her, two films that I’m incredibly proud to be a part of.” -Amy Adams, American Hustle

“I just heard the news regarding the Oscar nomination for the special visual effects for Gravity and I am over the moon. We are up against some tough competition this year but I am keeping my fingers crossed. Gravity was one of those once in a lifetime movies and I am so happy to have been a part of it. Alfonso is an amazing director and I am thrilled he has been nominated as well for Best Picture, Directing and Editing! I would also like to congratulate my fellow nominees on Gravity, amazing work!” -Neil Corbould, SFX supervisor for Gravity

“I was watching it on TV in our apartment in New York and my wife [Rachel Winter] was watching it in Los Angeles, we were on the phone together and she was nominated for [coproducing best picture nominee]Dallas Buyers Club. There was a delay, so I saw it about three seconds before she did. It was pretty unbelievably exciting. We were rooting for each other up until now, but that’s it! A line has been drawn in the sand, every man for himself. Seriously, though, neither of us ever expected to be here. We’re so thrilled. Whatever happens from here on out, we’re both happy. I don’t know what the odds are that two projects so risky, with people behind them, especially the actors, rolling the dice in a big way. That makes it all the more satisfying. And that it would happen to both of us at the same time the same year — it’s like lightning in a bottle.” – Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

“I’m in Brussels. I didn’t want to watch the live stream because I’m superstitious, so I went running, then took a shower, and at 3:30 my time — 6 a.m. — I opened my computer, and saw some emails, so I figured we were nominated. The whole country is going a bit crazy, because of Bullhead two years ago and now this. People are more — not expecting it, but hoping. It’s a big buildup. I didn’t have a plan to celebrate because I’m superstitious about that too. But we’ll have a party, maybe not tonight, that’s too short notice, but tomorrow. We’ll be drinking Duvel or Chimay.” – Felix van Groeningen, The Broken Circle Breakdown

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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?

So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.

And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.

There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.

I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.

So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.

But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”

My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher

“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