Goldie Hawn Reveals Her Brutally Honest Opinion on the Oscars

The renowned Goldie Hawn, with a career spanning nearly 6 decades, is considered a legend in the film industry. She is known for her comedic talent and has amassed impressive work throughout her career. Recently, the Oscar-winning actress shared her views on how Hollywood has evolved with time and why she didn’t attend the Academy Awards the year she won.

Her opinion about the Oscars

Hawn expressed her disappointment with the current state of the Oscars, which she feels has lost its elegance and reverence. She commented on the prevalence of off-color jokes and the event’s politicization, stating that she would like to see attendees in awe and believing in the magic of the occasion again. Hawn also hopes to see more laughter that isn’t at the expense of others.

Goldie Hawn, known for her role in The Sugarland Express, also expressed concern about movie stars’ decline. She believes that the excitement that they create has been lost and that many actors today are making a lot of money but are not well known.

She’s so ready for a new movie.

On a different note, Hawn, who, for the most part, retired after The Banger Sisters in 2001, stated that she created MindUP, a nonprofit classroom program to help children manage stress. The program has since been implemented in 50 countries and has positively impacted children.

In addition, the actress has made a few recent appearances in films like Snatched and The Christmas Chronicles with her longtime partner, Kurt Russell, and expressed a willingness to come out of retirement for the right role, citing a Marvel movie, the sequel to The First Wives Club, and playing Mrs. Claus again as potential options.

The interesting anecdote

Furthermore, the actress also shared an interesting anecdote about how she found out she had won an Academy Award for her role in Cactus Flower. Hawn was filming the movie, There’s a Girl in My Soup, in London on April 7, 1970, and was fast asleep when the award ceremony was taking place.

It was her “idol,” the late Fred Astaire, who announced her win for Best Supporting Actress, but Hawn had forgotten that the ceremony was being televised. She also admitted that she only recently found out that Astaire called her name, and she got emotional when she finally saw the footage. Raquel Welch accepted the award on Hawn’s behalf at the time. “Thank you. It’s a pleasure to accept this award for her,” the late actress said at the podium.

She regrets missing the ceremony very much.

Hawn received the news of her win via an early-morning phone call and “had a good cry” over missing that significant moment in her career. Looking back, Hawn admitted that if she could redo that night, she would have made every effort to attend the ceremony and be there when her name was revealed as the winner.

“I never got dressed up. I never got to pick up the award. I regret it. It’s something that I look back on now and think, ’It would have been so great to be able to have done that,’” she stated regretfully.

She never brags about her wins.

Hawn, who was nominated for Best Actress for Private Benjamin in 1981, revealed that she keeps her Oscar statuette in her bedroom closet and doesn’t like to boast about it. She stated, “I don’t brag much, so those things I keep kind of quiet.” Hawn also mentioned that she and Russell don’t consider themselves movie stars. “Kurt and I are very similar. Neither one of us walks around thinking about that stuff,” the actress shared.