if you thought winning big awards was
part of a complicated formula then think
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 ways for actors to win an Oscar now
I’m doing it because I’ve noticed that
if you do film but a holocaust
guaranteed an Oscar I’ve been nominated
four times never won before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at historically
proven ways an actor can net themselves
an Oscar we’re not saying following any
of these options means Oscar goals is a
given but since these steps have proven
effective in the past they couldn’t hurt
either
it doesn’t often Rainman look retarded a
frittata not retarded cat to picture you
caught autistic yo no but I’m number 10
work tirelessly on the movies press tour
once you’ve attained a measure of
success as an artist it’s pretty much
par for the course that you’ll lose a
little or a lot of privacy and become at
least a partially public figure I’m not
gonna lie it was one of the it was
probably the hardest you know film
professional thing that I’ve ever done
well the select few have managed to stay
out of the spotlight giving interviews
making late-night talk show appearances
posting on social media and other
related promotional acts are all part of
the game for a majority of actors and
actresses we had months of rehearsal so
it was really fun to learn to ballroom
dance and tap dance and you know doing
these things is even more vital when
you’re on a mission to gain recognition
as weird expressing faith confidence and
passion in the production is these will
help you remain on the radars of voters
besides if you believe in the project
wouldn’t you want to show your support
so this moment happens when your name
gets read out and it’s such a sort of
extraordinary euphoria number nine each
of the comeback of a has being I just
want to tell you all how happy I am to
be back in the studio making a picture
again audiences love to see a washed-up
has-been at rock bottom find a burst of
energy to triumphant rise to the top in
both movies and real life in Sunset
Boulevard silent film star Gloria
Swanson was lifted out of obscurity to
play Norma Desmond an aging Hollywood
actress who gets her shot at returning
to the big screen your Norma Desmond
used to be in silent pictures used to be
big
I am big the same praise was bestowed on
Mickey Rourke for his turn in the
wrestler the story of a waning wrestler
who can’t let go of the ring doc I’m a
professional wrestler that’s not a good
idea
what do you mean although playing a
comeback kid might get you the
nomination both Swanson and Rourke went
home empty-handed you know if you live
hard you play hard and you burn the game
with both men pay the price number eight
play a character with an addiction
addiction ruins lives but on screen it
can be compelling for example Nicolas
Cage won an Academy Award for his
portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic in
leaving Las Vegas maybe you shouldn’t
make so much maybe I shouldn’t breathe
so much Terry huh the tortured artist is
a prevailing trend in Best Actor winners
from Jamie Foxx’s the heroin addicted
Ray Charles and Ray to Jeff Bridges as
an alcoholic country singer in Crazy
Heart we can all connect with the heavy
emotions stirred up by addicts
struggling to get by in the world and it
makes great material for an actor who
wants to show their dark side and be
taken seriously like Anne Hathaway in
Rachel Getting Married yes I was stoned
out of my mind
number 7 worked with great directors who
have won before one of the first steps
to becoming an acting awards contender
is to choose the right project so why
not start with the director it was so
crazy and I just oh you would have died
whenever esteemed filmmakers like
Scorsese Spielberg Fincher and Yanni –
or Quattro and step behind the camera
there is Oscar buzz of course part of it
is just about making the right moves in
the chess game that is Hollywood but
don’t underestimate the effort that goes
into these career defining roles or as I
can tell my place and right here on the
smart endless rice gifted directors know
how to pull the best performances out of
their actors and that’s why you’ll find
the actors giving them top honors in
their acceptance speeches sort of means
like
standing man number six star in a period
piece everything about a period piece
screams Oscar bait requiring extensive
makeup hairstyling costume and
production design period pieces
transport viewers to bygone eras they
would never visit in reality that’s all
we ask
oh that’s about a shillings worth forget
about the Blessed shilling and if we
ever ask ourselves why we want to watch
a history lesson instead of an exciting
movie it’s because it’s the actors job
to show us the humanity behind the story
when the pole trow isn’t an awards
darling but she won gold with
Shakespeare in Love there is no day for
me to look upon she is
[Music]
Colin Firth did the scene with the
King’s Speech as did John Doe shot then
in the artist which was even put
together as if it were shot during its
era number five star in a film about the
Holocaust a toga do a holocaust movie
the awards come tonight
it says a lot that one of the most
unspeakable atrocities in history has
become one of Hollywood’s most reenacted
the Holocaust has the scope to summon
shock and awe in every movie goer and
his story can be told in so many ways
for instance it can be a romance for
which Kate Winslet won in the reader as
a comedy like Roberto Benigni and life
is beautiful as a biographical drama
like Adrien Brody in the pianist and
even a Manhattan set drama like Meryl
Streep in Sophie’s Choice as Kate
Winslet once joked if you do a film
about the Holocaust you’re guaranteed an
oscar schindler’s bloody list The
Pianist Oscars coming out of their ass
number four don’t hold back on the
method when an actor really dives into a
roll it becomes impossible to separate
them from the character set crazy and
that for you want me to take a shit on
the floor Jack Nicholson took the plunge
when he and the cast of One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest moved into the psych
ward where the film was shot Adrien
Brody got rid of his phone car and over
30 pounds for his role in The Pianist
and Daniel day-lewis never once broke
character even texting co-stars in the
voice of the long-gone president while
shooting Lincoln I couldn’t tolerate you
grieving so for Willie because I
couldn’t permit it in myself and then
there is Leonardo DiCaprio who slept
inside an animal carcass and a raw bison
to get into character for the revenant
number three lose and/or gain weight
everyone shows up glistening and
gorgeous – the long-awaited ceremony but
countless stars radically alter their
appearance to play the big role and
nothing says dedication like packing on
or dropping pounds to get closer to the
shape of the character for Dallas buyers
club
both Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey
shed weight to play hiv/aids patients
and both went home with Oscars Best
Actor for McConaughey and Best
Supporting Actor for Leto relation and
Hathaway went on a lettuce leaf diet to
play an impoverished prostitute in
Lambie Sabra and Robert De Niro famously
went from fit to fat while playing Jake
LaMotta and killing yourself the way you
eat y’all fat lookie here number two
start as a handicapped disabled or
mentally ill character it’s a concept
famously parodied in Tropic Thunder and
however unpaid daily juniors advice was
there’s a truth to it nonetheless you
don’t butter yeah Sean Penn 2001 I am
saying no we’re full retard when I lived
in the reality is that depictions of
characters with disabilities have made
for some of the most poignant
performances in screen history remember
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man Daniel
day-lewis in my left foot or Tom Hanks
in Forrest Gump life was like a box of
chocolates
you never know what you’re gonna get
women struggling with mental illness
have also stepped into the for with both
Jennifer Lawrence and Cate Blanchett
winning Best Actress for their roles in
silver linings playbook and blue Jasmine
respectively you are guaranteed an Oscar
if you play a mentor before we unveil
our topic here are a few honorable
mentions and I told Eric I don’t expect
to win the leadership but I am going to
run just to shake up the party that was
13 man my kitten okay number one do a
really good impression of a historical
figure according to the BBC one in five
best acting winners take home gold for
their depictions of real people and come
Oscar night you can always count on some
of the major contenders to be picked
from biopics and historical dramas
after what they did at the massacre it’s
only an eye for an eye
an eye for an eye only ends up making
the whole world blind few have the
acting chops to really nail this
category but when they do it’s
monumental some notable examples include
Reese Witherspoon is June Carter in walk
the line and he Redmayne in the theory
of everything Colin Firth in The King’s
Speech and Helen Mirren in the Queen and
it is my belief that they will any
moment reject this to get under somebody
else’s skin is no small feat and bonus
points go to house spotless the actors
impression of the real-life figure is
maybe since I was a child folks if
thought they had me pegged because of
the way I do it hey know the way I talk
and they’re always wrong do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
part of a complicated formula then think
again and just follow our 10 easy steps
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 ways for actors to win an Oscar now
I’m doing it because I’ve noticed that
if you do film but a holocaust
guaranteed an Oscar I’ve been nominated
four times never won before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at historically
proven ways an actor can net themselves
an Oscar we’re not saying following any
of these options means Oscar goals is a
given but since these steps have proven
effective in the past they couldn’t hurt
either
it doesn’t often Rainman look retarded a
frittata not retarded cat to picture you
caught autistic yo no but I’m number 10
work tirelessly on the movies press tour
once you’ve attained a measure of
success as an artist it’s pretty much
par for the course that you’ll lose a
little or a lot of privacy and become at
least a partially public figure I’m not
gonna lie it was one of the it was
probably the hardest you know film
professional thing that I’ve ever done
well the select few have managed to stay
out of the spotlight giving interviews
making late-night talk show appearances
posting on social media and other
related promotional acts are all part of
the game for a majority of actors and
actresses we had months of rehearsal so
it was really fun to learn to ballroom
dance and tap dance and you know doing
these things is even more vital when
you’re on a mission to gain recognition
as weird expressing faith confidence and
passion in the production is these will
help you remain on the radars of voters
besides if you believe in the project
wouldn’t you want to show your support
so this moment happens when your name
gets read out and it’s such a sort of
extraordinary euphoria number nine each
of the comeback of a has being I just
want to tell you all how happy I am to
be back in the studio making a picture
again audiences love to see a washed-up
has-been at rock bottom find a burst of
energy to triumphant rise to the top in
both movies and real life in Sunset
Boulevard silent film star Gloria
Swanson was lifted out of obscurity to
play Norma Desmond an aging Hollywood
actress who gets her shot at returning
to the big screen your Norma Desmond
used to be in silent pictures used to be
big
I am big the same praise was bestowed on
Mickey Rourke for his turn in the
wrestler the story of a waning wrestler
who can’t let go of the ring doc I’m a
professional wrestler that’s not a good
idea
what do you mean although playing a
comeback kid might get you the
nomination both Swanson and Rourke went
home empty-handed you know if you live
hard you play hard and you burn the game
with both men pay the price number eight
play a character with an addiction
addiction ruins lives but on screen it
can be compelling for example Nicolas
Cage won an Academy Award for his
portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic in
leaving Las Vegas maybe you shouldn’t
make so much maybe I shouldn’t breathe
so much Terry huh the tortured artist is
a prevailing trend in Best Actor winners
from Jamie Foxx’s the heroin addicted
Ray Charles and Ray to Jeff Bridges as
an alcoholic country singer in Crazy
Heart we can all connect with the heavy
emotions stirred up by addicts
struggling to get by in the world and it
makes great material for an actor who
wants to show their dark side and be
taken seriously like Anne Hathaway in
Rachel Getting Married yes I was stoned
out of my mind
number 7 worked with great directors who
have won before one of the first steps
to becoming an acting awards contender
is to choose the right project so why
not start with the director it was so
crazy and I just oh you would have died
whenever esteemed filmmakers like
Scorsese Spielberg Fincher and Yanni –
or Quattro and step behind the camera
there is Oscar buzz of course part of it
is just about making the right moves in
the chess game that is Hollywood but
don’t underestimate the effort that goes
into these career defining roles or as I
can tell my place and right here on the
smart endless rice gifted directors know
how to pull the best performances out of
their actors and that’s why you’ll find
the actors giving them top honors in
their acceptance speeches sort of means
like
standing man number six star in a period
piece everything about a period piece
screams Oscar bait requiring extensive
makeup hairstyling costume and
production design period pieces
transport viewers to bygone eras they
would never visit in reality that’s all
we ask
oh that’s about a shillings worth forget
about the Blessed shilling and if we
ever ask ourselves why we want to watch
a history lesson instead of an exciting
movie it’s because it’s the actors job
to show us the humanity behind the story
when the pole trow isn’t an awards
darling but she won gold with
Shakespeare in Love there is no day for
me to look upon she is
[Music]
Colin Firth did the scene with the
King’s Speech as did John Doe shot then
in the artist which was even put
together as if it were shot during its
era number five star in a film about the
Holocaust a toga do a holocaust movie
the awards come tonight
it says a lot that one of the most
unspeakable atrocities in history has
become one of Hollywood’s most reenacted
the Holocaust has the scope to summon
shock and awe in every movie goer and
his story can be told in so many ways
for instance it can be a romance for
which Kate Winslet won in the reader as
a comedy like Roberto Benigni and life
is beautiful as a biographical drama
like Adrien Brody in the pianist and
even a Manhattan set drama like Meryl
Streep in Sophie’s Choice as Kate
Winslet once joked if you do a film
about the Holocaust you’re guaranteed an
oscar schindler’s bloody list The
Pianist Oscars coming out of their ass
number four don’t hold back on the
method when an actor really dives into a
roll it becomes impossible to separate
them from the character set crazy and
that for you want me to take a shit on
the floor Jack Nicholson took the plunge
when he and the cast of One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest moved into the psych
ward where the film was shot Adrien
Brody got rid of his phone car and over
30 pounds for his role in The Pianist
and Daniel day-lewis never once broke
character even texting co-stars in the
voice of the long-gone president while
shooting Lincoln I couldn’t tolerate you
grieving so for Willie because I
couldn’t permit it in myself and then
there is Leonardo DiCaprio who slept
inside an animal carcass and a raw bison
to get into character for the revenant
number three lose and/or gain weight
everyone shows up glistening and
gorgeous – the long-awaited ceremony but
countless stars radically alter their
appearance to play the big role and
nothing says dedication like packing on
or dropping pounds to get closer to the
shape of the character for Dallas buyers
club
both Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey
shed weight to play hiv/aids patients
and both went home with Oscars Best
Actor for McConaughey and Best
Supporting Actor for Leto relation and
Hathaway went on a lettuce leaf diet to
play an impoverished prostitute in
Lambie Sabra and Robert De Niro famously
went from fit to fat while playing Jake
LaMotta and killing yourself the way you
eat y’all fat lookie here number two
start as a handicapped disabled or
mentally ill character it’s a concept
famously parodied in Tropic Thunder and
however unpaid daily juniors advice was
there’s a truth to it nonetheless you
don’t butter yeah Sean Penn 2001 I am
saying no we’re full retard when I lived
in the reality is that depictions of
characters with disabilities have made
for some of the most poignant
performances in screen history remember
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man Daniel
day-lewis in my left foot or Tom Hanks
in Forrest Gump life was like a box of
chocolates
you never know what you’re gonna get
women struggling with mental illness
have also stepped into the for with both
Jennifer Lawrence and Cate Blanchett
winning Best Actress for their roles in
silver linings playbook and blue Jasmine
respectively you are guaranteed an Oscar
if you play a mentor before we unveil
our topic here are a few honorable
mentions and I told Eric I don’t expect
to win the leadership but I am going to
run just to shake up the party that was
13 man my kitten okay number one do a
really good impression of a historical
figure according to the BBC one in five
best acting winners take home gold for
their depictions of real people and come
Oscar night you can always count on some
of the major contenders to be picked
from biopics and historical dramas
after what they did at the massacre it’s
only an eye for an eye
an eye for an eye only ends up making
the whole world blind few have the
acting chops to really nail this
category but when they do it’s
monumental some notable examples include
Reese Witherspoon is June Carter in walk
the line and he Redmayne in the theory
of everything Colin Firth in The King’s
Speech and Helen Mirren in the Queen and
it is my belief that they will any
moment reject this to get under somebody
else’s skin is no small feat and bonus
points go to house spotless the actors
impression of the real-life figure is
maybe since I was a child folks if
thought they had me pegged because of
the way I do it hey know the way I talk
and they’re always wrong do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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