Surviving in the entertainment industry, most people are dedicated to chasing fame and awards. Fame is the icing on the cake for actors, and awards are the foundation of an actor's life. Being able to win a major award in the actor's world is a great affirmation of the actor's artistic career. But there are several maverick actors in the entertainment industry, who are obsessed with filming, concentrate on creating works of art that they are satisfied with, and even if they receive awards, they never attend to receive awards.
1. Li Mingjiong: Entered the industry in his later years and won the Golden Horse Award twice
Li Mingjiao's life is full of legends. In his youth, he studied well and successfully stayed at St. John's University to teach; in middle age, he gained a lot of wealth in business; and he began acting in his later years, winning the Golden Horse Award twice but never receiving the award.
Such a legendary figure, the reasons for entering the show business circle are also very different. Born in 1917, Li Mingjiong lived in turbulent times as a grandfather of the qing dynasty general Zeng Guofan. It is just that the times are turbulent, each family is very small in the torrent of history, even if the wealth accumulated for a long time is gradually exhausted after Li Mingjiong was born not long after. When he was a child, Li Mingjiong often lived on the relief meals of the church.
Probably because the people in the family were all intellectuals who were full of poetry and books, Li Mingjiao learned everything quickly, and in the process of communicating with the church staff, the church staff discovered Li Mingjiao's language talent and sent him to a systematic school to study. Li Mingjiong also lived up to expectations and was admitted to St. John's University, and subsequently successfully stayed at this school and became a teacher.
After a long period of stable life, Li Mingjiong saw the situation stabilize in 1949 and saw the outlet of business. Resolutely quit his stable job as a teacher, stepped into Hong Kong alone, and started a doll business. Riding the tide of the times with his unique vision, the doll business gradually flourished.
Li Mingjiong also gained a fortune, and a stable and prosperous life lasted until his old age. With the opening up, Li Mingjiong's doll business was affected by the impact of overseas markets and quickly failed. At this time, Li Mingjiong was more than seventy years old, but he was optimistic and open-minded in the face of the trough, and with a photo of himself smiling, he accidentally entered the red-hot entertainment circle at that time.
Li Mingjiong did not systematically learn to act, but gradually formed a set of his own style in the process of acting. The funny abbot played by Li Mingjiong in "Laughing Forest Boy" left a deep impression on the audience. Li Mingjiong made the audience feel: this is a happy little old man who plays the role in his true colors, and he can't see the traces of the performance at all.
With this natural way of acting, he has twice won the Hong Kong Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor. It's just that Li Mingjiong is not intoxicated by this. He never received any awards in his life, and even if he won the Golden Horse Award, he didn't bother to accept them. This funny and cute abbot still slowly and leisurely performed his own plays, pursuing the art of his heart until his death in 2008.
2. Woody Allen: Dozens of nominations have not been made
Woody Allen is a well-known actor and director who wrote and acted in many excellent comedies, and later transformed into a director, and he is even better as a director than acting, having been nominated for 23 Oscars, won four times, nominated for 11 Golden Globes, and won twice. A talented director, but almost never attended any awards ceremony, the only time was because of the "9/11" after the "9/11" to help the development of New York.
Woody Allen once said bluntly: "Awards ceremonies or something is really stupid." He only makes works that he is satisfied with, and he never cares about the scrutiny of his films by outsiders. Ever since Woody Allen started making films, he's followed his inner thoughts. In his early years, he was keen to make comedy films, focusing on people of all walks of life at that time.
"Gentleman of the Wind" mocks the so-called men and women of high society, the movie "Banana" satirizes the politician group of the time, and "Dumb Goose" exposes the state of the poor intellectuals at that time. These films taught Woody Allen the art of making films and gave him his first appearance.
Woody Allen was not satisfied and began making films with deep cores. It's just that these films are too serious and heavy, which has disappointed many audiences who have liked his films before. Because these films are completely inconsistent with his previous joyful style, and even began to discuss some philosophical issues such as death in the film, not everyone is willing to watch these heavy topics. The market response was mediocre, and Woody Allen had to find a balance between art and business.
Woody Allen was a genius, and the first film after the transition, Anne. Hall was a huge success, winning four Oscars for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Screenplay. It's just that he still hasn't received the award, and for him, this is a reconciliation with himself, without the need for outsiders to beak. The Oscar organizers also loved and hated this talented old man.
3. Catherine Hepburn: Oscar queen
There are two famous Hepburn in history, Audrey Hepburn's achievements are well known to the audience, and the other Catherine Hepburn is not inferior. She has won the Oscar for Best Actress four times and has been hailed as "one of the greatest actresses of a hundred years." Unlike the elegant Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Hepburn has a flamboyant personality, is a maverick and always energetic.
Catherine Hepburn did not study acting at university, but her love of acting led her to the path of an actress. She began to win awards not long after she starred in the film, and her third film "Honor of the Morning" won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the fourth film "Little Women" won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival.
Catherine Hepburn is a well-deservedly talented actress. She never publicly explained why she never accepted the award. In any case, her life has left too many excellent works for the audience, even if the maverick does not receive the award, her films are still loved by the audience to this day.
4. Maggie Smith: I only love acting because of fame and fortune
Professor McGonagall, the old-fashioned and serious Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, is also an actor who never receives awards. Maggie Smith has been acting all her life, and after one of the Emmys, she jokingly explained why she didn't accept the award: because she couldn't escape Sunday's pottery class.
In her eyes, receiving an Emmy Award doesn't seem as important as her pottery class. It's just that her performance still impresses the jury of various awards again and again. In 1965, Maggie Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the film Othello, and five years later, she finally won an Oscar for the film "Spring Wind And Rain".
Since then, Maggie Smith has been in various crews for many years, constantly capturing the hearts of the audience and the major judges with her superb acting skills. For her, receiving the award is not an important thing, acting is a big thing that cannot be delayed.
These four outstanding actors who are loyal to the creation of art, but never participate in receiving awards. For them, receiving the award is not as important as continuing to immerse themselves in the study of a good role, and art is what they have been chasing all their lives. I only hope that such excellent actors can gradually increase, and the audience can see more and more excellent film and television works.
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