Oscar nominee Julie Christie would love to boycott next month’s Academy Awards, but she’s scared it would destroy her career.
The actress–who first won an Oscar in 1965 for her role in Darling–has picked up a new nod for her role as an Alzheimer’s disease sufferer in Away from Her.
Speaking before discovering her nomination on Tuesday, the 67-year-old confessed she is tempted to make a stand and stay away.
She said, “I just don’t have the guts not to go. It’s pathetic, truly, to admit this, but even now I don’t think I could deal with pissing off the media and all they’d say. I mean, what if I won and wasn’t there?
“I don’t care about pissing off ‘Hollywood,’ because it really doesn’t exist anymore. But pissing off the media? It was difficult when I was a girl, and they’re not any kinder now. I just hate not being strong enough.”
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