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Glenn Close's Brutal Oscar Snub Bombshell

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Glenn Close's most-circulated Oscar snub quote came in response to being treated like a "loser" after her eighth Academy Awards loss: she said, "First of all, I don't think I'm a loser," and added, "I say, f*** them!" The remark was a blunt rejection of the winners-and-losers framing that often surrounds awards coverage, not a complaint about the Academy itself.

What she actually said

Close's full response put the focus on the honor of being nominated, not on the missing trophy. She pointed out that Oscar nominees are "five people honoured for the work that you've done by your peers," and asked, "What's better than that?" That makes the quote less about bitterness and more about rejecting the idea that a career should be reduced to one night's outcome.

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"First of all, I don't think I'm a loser. Who in that category is a loser? You're there, you're five people honoured for the

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Prof. Eleanor Briggs

Professor Eleanor Briggs is a leading motivation researcher known for her extensive work on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and human behavioral psychology.

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