Gwyneth Paltrow brings her Oscar statuette to life.
During an interview with Vogue The 51-year-old actress revealed that she used her 1998 Best Actress award for the “73 Questions” video. Shakespeare in love – as a doorstop.
In the video, shot at her home in the Hamptons over the summer, Paltrow took interviewer Joe Sabia into her garden. As the duo walked through the doorway, the camera stopped on Oscar on the ground and opened the door.
“What a great Academy Award,” Sabia said.
Paltrow turned around, smiling, and joked, “It’s my door stopper. It works perfectly!”
Sabia touched on the Oscar’s double duty once again later in the video, when the actor was asked about the whereabouts of the red velvet Gucci suit he wore to the 1996 MTV VMAs.
“In my closet in California,” Paltrow said of the iconic suit she wore again at the 2021 Gucci fashion show.
“So you’re not using it to hold any doors here?” While Sabia joked, Paltrow laughed and said, “Not right now.”
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Elsewhere in the interview, Paltrow was asked about her favorite movie role. “Oh my God, I’ve been so lucky. I’ve had so many amazing roles,” he said.
But he has identified a favorite line of dialogue among all the characters he has played over the years. “Probably Royal Tenenbaums “When he said, ‘You probably don’t even know my middle name,'” Margot explained.
Paltrow also shared the moment that first sparked her interest in becoming an actress. “I’m probably watching my mom [Blythe Danner] “When I was very little, I was doing plays at the Williamstown Theater Festival,” he recalled.
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Sabia asked Paltrow which of her many films she would sit down to watch in their entirety. “Maybe Emma,” she replied, describing her 1996 return as Jane Austen’s heroine.
The Goop founder also answered what she misses most about being a leading lady in Hollywood: “Nothing,” she said matter-of-factly.
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In May, Paltrow made a statement about the Oscar award, explaining that she was experiencing an “identity crisis” after the most important event of her career.
“I just wanted to be successful and be respected. I was on a really fast track and everything happened so fast,” he said. Call His Father digital audio file. “For someone like me, who I think has worked through the harder parts of growing up through success.”
“When I won the Oscar, it threw me into a bit of an identity crisis, because what are you supposed to do if you win the biggest prize?” he continued. “So where are you supposed to go? The amount of attention you get on a night like this and in the weeks that follow is very confusing and frankly really unhealthy.”
Aware of the success, Paltrow said she was impressed by the experience.
“It’s not like I would give it back or anything, it was an incredible experience, but it made me question a lot of things,” he explained.