Hollywood awards season kicks into full gear this weekend with the Golden Globes on Sunday, and actors are considering how to enjoy the attention and survive the ups and downs.
Briton Carey Mulligan, twice nominated for an Oscar, is in the running this year for the Golden Globe for best actress for her role in Maestrogets straight to the point: “Oh, enjoy it, have fun and don't take it too seriously.”
Mulligan said she was thrilled with what she called “a lovely sisterhood” of actresses nominated this year, including Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee.
Stone, Oscar winner, nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actress for Poor thingsadmitted that awards season is both “very nerve-wracking and very exciting.”
At the finish line at this week's Palm Springs Film Festival, Golden Globe nominees shared their mix of elation, disorientation and the need to take care of one's mind, body and spirit. The season runs through the Oscars on March 10 and includes several awards shows and countless interviews.
“The project is getting a lot of attention, which is good, but at the same time I can understand how someone might get a little lost with this circus on the run,” said Jeffrey Wright, best actor nominee for “American Fiction,” adding, “I want our film to be seen.”
Colman Domingo, in the running for his first Golden Globe for best actor in Rustinsaid the advice he gets from actors who have competed in awards season is to focus on self-care.
“So don’t think about who’s going to win, don’t think about those things,” Domingo said. “Think about being present and enjoying the moment. And I think that's what I'm doing.”
Danielle Brooks, also nominated for her first Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in The color purplesaid she was on “Cloud Nine”.
“I've done this stuff before, but as a whole, so to experience this moment individually makes me want to cry because I'm like, 'Yeah, it's my time,'” Brooks said.
Irish actor Cillian Murphy, nominated for best actor for his leading role in the historical drama Oppenheimersaid he enjoys meeting actors and filmmakers he has admired for years.
“I can just chat with them socially. You don't do that that often,” Murphy said.
Mark Ruffalo, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Poor thingssaid he sees awards season in a new way now that he's a little older.
“I'm at an age where maybe there's not a lot more of it and I can appreciate it in a different way than ever before,” Ruffalo, 56, said.