Jennifer Lopez On Oscar Snub: I Don't Need This Award To Tell Me I'm Enough
Finally addressing her Oscar snub for "Hustlers", singer-actor Jennifer Lopez says she was "sad" when she didn't bag a nomination for the crime drama despite major buzz ahead of the awards season.
Finally
addressing
her
Oscar
snub
for
"Hustlers",
singer-actor
Jennifer
Lopez
says
she
was
"sad" when
she
didn't
bag
a
nomination
for
the
crime
drama
despite
major
buzz
ahead
of
the
awards
season.
She
starred
as
Ramona,
the
ringleader
to
the
group
of
strippers
who
take
revenge
on
their
wealthy
Wall
Street
clients.
The
actor
also
produced
the
film.
"Hustlers",
directed
by
Lorene
Scafaria,
was
both
a
critical
and
commercial
hit,
and
was
touted
worthy
of
a
best-supporting
actress
Academy
Award
nod
for
Lopez,
an
overall
first
for
the
actor.
She
was
not
nominated
and
Laura
Dern
took
home
the
Oscar
in
the
category
for
"Marriage
Story".
"I
was
sad,
I
was
a
little
sad
because
there
was
a
lot
of
buildup
to
it.
There
were
so
many
articles,
I
got
so
many
good
notices
more
than
ever
in
my
career
and
there
was
a
lot
of:
'She's
going
to
get
nominated
for
an
Oscar,
it's
going
to
happen,
if
it
doesn't
you're
crazy'.
"I'm
reading
all
the
articles
going:
'Oh
my
God,
could
this
happen?'
And
then
it
didn't
and
I
was
like:
'Ouch',
it
was
a
little
bit
of
a
letdown," Lopez
told
TV
veteran
Oprah
Winfrey
during
her
"2020
Vision:
Your
Life
in
Focus
Tour".
The
50-year-old
actor
said
she
also
felt
bad
for
her
team
after
the
snub.
"Also,
I
felt
like
my
whole
team
most
of
my
team
has
been
with
me
for
years,
20,
25
years
and
I
think
they
had
a
lot
of
hopes
on
that
and
they
wanted
it
too,
so
I
felt
like
I
let
everyone
down
a
little
bit," she
said.
The
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences
received
a
lot
of
flak
for
overlooking
women
directors
and
some
worthy
performances
from
actors
of
colour
in
its
nominations
list.
But
Lopez
said,
award
or
not,
she
was
content
with
herself
as
an
actor
after
working
on
"Hustlers".
"I
was
a
good
actress
always
I
can
say
that
now
to
myself,
but
what
I
do
now
is
so
much
different
than
what
I
did
then.
You
realise
you
want
people's
validation,
you
want
people
to
say
you
did
a
good
job
and
I
realised,
No,
you
don't
need
that.
You
do
this
because
you
love
it," she
said.
"I
don't
need
this
award
to
tell
me
I'm
enough,"
she
added.
"Hustlers"
also
featured
Constance
Wu,
Julia
Stiles,
Keke
Palmer,
Lili
Reinhart,
Lizzo,
and
Cardi
B.