Yahoo Lifestyle The Reason Angelina Jolie Skipped the 2025 Oscars Is So Bittersweet
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Maria’s Angelina Jolie started awards season off strong, making appearances at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. But Jolie skipped the SAG Awards last weekend and chose to not attend tonight’s Oscars either.
Jolie didn’t have a pressing reason to go to the Oscars. The actress isn’t presenting and was snubbed from this year’s Best Actress in a Leading Role race. Maria was also almost entirely shut out of the Academy Awards, too. It has just one nomination for Best Cinematography.
In February, Jolie spoke to Backstage about her awards season press run, saying she did not let it consume her. “I’m dipping in and out of it,” she explained. “I’ve always approached it that way. You just do a few [events], then you go home and don’t let it become too central in your life. Focus on the art. It’s very important not to take it all too seriously and let it consume your days or your work.”
“For me, acting is not as much about requiring a skill to do a job than it is about becoming a more in-tune, sensitive human being—to study human behavior and work in community with other creative people,” she added. “That creative life stems from real life, not so much a class that you can take.”
The actress reflected on the success of Maria and her own career, saying, “I’m very conscious of how fortunate I am. I’ve always loved [acting]; I’ve always approached it the same way. But now I’m even more grateful to have a chance to live as an artist and work with other artists. What a privilege to be able to play with others, to share emotion. [When I was filming] Maria, I was almost 50, and I was sitting with teachers teaching me a skill I never thought I’d learn. To find your voice and to sing—what a gift it is, and how beautiful to communicate that with an audience. When I meet somebody who’s connected with a film I’ve made, I feel less alone in this world.”
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