Apparently, Melissa Leo would not wish to thank the Academy.

The actress, who received Greatest Supporting Actress for The Fighter again in 2011, is sharing her brutally sincere ideas about her win, together with that she believes it's had a unfavourable impression on her profession.

"Profitable an Oscar has not been good for me or my profession," she stated lately in a reader Q&A with The Guardian, including, "I didn’t dream of it, I by no means needed it, and I had a a lot better profession earlier than I received."

Leo made the remarks in response to a fan query asking, "What goes by way of your thoughts if you stand as much as obtain an Oscar?"

"One loses one’s thoughts," she stated in response. "I had received a whole lot of prestigious awards for The Fighter that season, and sat in that nice gigantic theater pondering: 'Nicely, it definitely is feasible.' Kirk Douglas got here out to current the Greatest Supporting Actress award, opened the envelope and known as my identify. I used to be so delighted to fulfill him — that was all I used to be fascinated with."

She continued, "I turned to the home, which in most theaters, you possibly can see by trying a little bit above your individual eyesight. Within the Dolby Theatre, it’s important to increase your chin such as you’re about to scale Mount Everest. Each single actor, director and producer you acknowledge, is staring you within the face. I then cursed, and I’m nonetheless sorry I cursed."

Leo is referring to herself dropping the f-bomb on stage whereas accepting the dignity in 2011. "Yeah, I’m form of speechless. Once I watched Kate two years in the past, it seemed so f—ing straightforward,” she stated on the time, referring to Kate Winslet, who had received Greatest Actress for The Reader two years prior.

In The Guardian, she clarified with a number of extra f-bombs, saying, "I f—ing curse on a regular basis, however you can’t curse on community tv. Thank God for the 10-second delay, which was launched for f—ing idiots like me."

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Leo isn't the one Oscar winner to say publicly that the dignity might not be all it's cracked as much as be. Marcia Homosexual Harden, who received Greatest Supporting Actress for the 2000 film Pollock, informed the Los Angeles Times in 2003 that the award was "disastrous on knowledgeable stage."

“Out of the blue the components you’re provided and the cash change into smaller. There’s no logic to it,” she added.

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