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1. I dressed up with my wonderful white robe, I rode my camel and headed straight into the desert under the hot sun. Isn't that enough? It was my first nomination and I thought my performance was so good that I'd have the Oscar in the bag but they gave it to Gregory Peck instead! I couldn't possibly imagine what would happen in the next years! I got nominated seven more times and still didn't take home a single Oscar! One time, the goddess of love did not help me at all. In 2003 the Academy honored me for my career but the truth is that I deserved an Oscar for my acting as well! Who am I?
2. I was more a Shakespearean actor, I would say, than a Hollywood star. Nevertheless I managed to grab seven Oscar nominations! Who would have thought it possible? Now that I think about it, I died at the end of most of my movies, whether I was playing the Roman tribune, or the English spy, or that romantic general Marc Anthony. This didn't help me win though, but made me lose seven times! Do you know who I am?
3. I am the unluckiest of all, 14 Oscar nominations and zero wins. It isn't that I wasn't enjoying working in "Cleopatra" or "Spartacus" but it took me months to compose those film scores. What an Odyssey! Speaking of "Odyssey", that movie was my worst experience! You know what movie I am talking about, right? The one in which that crazy, over-sensitive director discarded my music! I will never work with perfectionists again! Can you recognize me? Who am I?
4. Who am I? I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. The boys have a lot to learn and I`ve got a lot to teach. I was Stella, the self-sacrificing mother, Phyllis, the unfaithful and fatal wife and Leona, a spoiled and capricious daughter. No Oscar joy for me. What is my name?
5. If you want to be remembered as a great director make the audience suffer as much as possible. Unfortunately the Oscars made me suffer as much as they could too! After losing six times, I realized something: Who really needs an Oscar? After all, my movies are too good to be ignored! But who am I?
6. My father used to say, "let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary". I agreed. So I crossed the Atlantic and reached Ellis island at the age of 16. I discovered my lost mother at the age of 31 and after that I just became one of the most famous actors of all time. In fact I was so good that the American Film Institute named me the second greatest star of all time! "The Awful Truth" is that I never won an Oscar despite my two nods. What is my name?
7. I went to Hollywood to act, but it turned out all I had to do was to be high-minded, long suffering, white-gloved and decorative. They called me shy and insecure, beautiful but cold, frail and elegant. "Heaven Knows..." why! One thing though, I hold one of the most negative Oscar records of all time. At least after my sixth try, the Academy gave me the wonderful honorary award. Haven't you found my name yet?
8. A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. And the members of the Academy have their own feelings and ideas, especially when they award you not for your amazing directing but for your contribution in visual effects! This is absurd, but at least I have one. Who am I?
9. It seems that love has more depth as you get older. "A father... A son. Once upon a time in Hollywood". I mean look at me, I never won an Oscar. Only my son did. Even after that painful experience when I achieved perfection portraying that mad, emotional but brilliant painter who cut off his ear. The only thing I can say is that I always had a huge "Lust for Life". Do you know who I am? Name me, then.
10. Many of the most prolific actors who haven't won an Oscar, have been given the Academy honorary award. It is something. I don't even have that. I have nothing. I am one of the greatest actors of all time, and I had my only chance in 1966 when Robert Wise told me to play that sailor guy. But I won't cry. I can't cry. I never cry. And I even told Steven Spielberg that. Who am I?
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skatharaki
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