Glenn Close says Gwyneth Paltrow didn't deserve her Oscar

It's maybe not as bad as the article quite makes it sound.....this is the clip...~ 14:40. She seems to mean that it's hard to compare performances in general.

Though it might be an implied diss too ......

I can see why people think this sort of thing is refreshing and hilarious, but it's the sort of petty jabbing that might speak to a larger underlying issue in why Glenn Close has never won an Oscar. Not to mention that it feels so much in punching down when it comes to someone like Paltrow, whose win has always copped so much flak and is unfortunately inextricably linked to Weinstein.

Yeah, contextually it's not really as bad as it's being made out to be and I think she was trying to make a point about the futility of comparing artists (but ironically got caught up in making a comparison herself). Still, Close has always struck me as not necessarily the most warm and gregarious of personalities and I do wonder if that has contributed to her seven losses. I'm not saying she's Tommy Lee Jones, but I don't think she suffers fools or is into back patting every single person in the industry either.

She didn't deserve to win.I know Weinstein pushed both her and the film very,very hard at the time.This was back when he had an enormous amount of power and influence.He also started a very effective whispering campaign about Saving Private Ryan, which helped to kill its chances.Its insane to think that a film like that lost to Shakespeare in Love.

Tbh Close regardless of what she has ever said is kind of amazing in how she conducts herself because her position must be maddening........she is so singularly odd:

I said this a lot about her but she has 23 Triple Crown nods - 23 (!) that's an insane amount.......only Streep exceeds her among people at her level (26 total and 21 of hers are in 1 medium) and Close has by far the most balanced work across all mediums for any American ever.......she may get her 24th this year....she may be the sole nod for her 2nd film in a row in her 70s now........it's unheard of and not often fully considered because those are dizzying stats.

To walk around with those credentials and ONLY have to hear about your Oscar losses so much.......well I'd be drinking a bottle of gin and sticking pins in a Paltrow voodoo doll.

I feel bad that Gwyneth Paltrow keeps getting jab for her Oscar when truly atrocious wins like Jennifer Lawrence or Halle Berry or Natalie Portman or Meryl Streep's third never did. She wasn't the best of that year, but rarely does the best performance of the year ever win, and she was actually good in a very good film.

pacinoyes - I actually think the closest to Glenn would be either Helen Mirren or Maggie Smith - someone British, at any rate.   As you say, Streep hasn't done nearly as much theatre or television. 

Close - 12 Emmy nominations; 7 Oscar nominations; 4 Tony nominations.
Mirren - 11 Emmy nominations; 4 Oscar nominations; 3 Tony nominations.
Smith - 9 Emmy nominations; 6 Oscar nominations; 3 Tony nominations.

There's also Judy Davis and Isabelle Huppert, but despite their sterling theatre backgrounds, they have no Tony nominations - not much theatre in New York for either of them. 

sirjeremy - Yes! I watched it last night. I had no idea she was the original choice for Vanessa Redgrave's part in The Bostonians! Could you have seen her there? As an aside, I love her home décor - so cozy and yet very elegant. 

This was actually an incredible year for Best Actress. People are talking about Montenegro and Blanchett, and rightfully so. But Emily Watson in Hilary And Jackie was jaw-droppingly good to me, and she would easily have deserved the win as well. Watson's peak was short, but my god, for a few years in the 90's, she was crushing it with detailed and intense performances like she was the female Daniel Day-Lewis or something.

Considering the level of competition in her category, it is kind of ridiculous that Paltrow won. And I think Paltrow gave a nice performance and effective movie star turn, but at least three of the women in her category were several levels above her.

The worst part about it is that she has never been nominated again while everyone else except for Montenegro who was 68 at the time has scored at least another nod/win. 

I guess is an old interview.-