Bradley Cooper has been part of awards season since 2013, and I don’t expect to see him part of it anymore. It is not because his acting has suddenly declined. It is about an interview he did for Interview with In the Heights’ Anthony Ramos.
Ramos mentioned awards season and Cooper had this to say, “That awards season stuff is a real test. It’s set up to foster that mentality. It’s quite a thing to work through, and it’s completely devoid of artistic creation. It’s not why you sacrifice everything to create art, and yet you spend so much time being a part of it if you’re, in quotes, ‘lucky enough to be a part of it.’” Then he added, “It’s ultimately a great thing because it really does make you face ego, vanity, and insecurity. It’s very interesting and utterly meaningless.”
I don’t think the Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, Tony, SAG Awards, and all the other award voters are going to like what he said. We know they are all elitists who don’t like anyone knocking them.
