Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
-Conan O'Brien

I have no idea who made my sidebar gif, but I feel like it describes me well. Let me know if it was you.

Ellie Kemper, Brandon Oldenburg, William Joyce, & Wendi McLendon-Covey at the Academy Awards.

Oldenburg & Joyce won Best Short Film, Animated ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’

In my head he is looking at me. 

salesonfilm:

What if, as a society, we all just decided to adopt the Scorsese drinking game and that, if you’re at a bar or a party and anyone yells “SCORSESE!” everyone takes a shot.

That’s a world I’d like to live in.

Dinner for the Oscars: Gummy Bears infused with Skol.

People who have NEVER been nominated for an Oscar…but probably should have been 

Alan Rickman 

Steve Buscemi 

John Cusack 

Mia Farrow 

Richard Gere 

Martin Sheen 

Donald Sutherland 

Kevin Bacon 

Malcolm McDowell

Jeff Daniels

Steve Martin

Robin Wright

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jim Carrey

Errol Flynn

Maureen O’Hara

Kim Novak

Peter Lorre

Jerry Lewis

Peter Sarsgaard 

Jamie Lee Curtis

Shelley Duvall 

Sam Rockwell

Christopher Lee 

Kurt Russell 

Patrick Stewart

Tim Curry

Jeff Goldblum

Christopher Lloyd

John Goodman

Steve Buscemi

James Spader

Kevin Bacon

Michael Madsen

Crispin Glover

There are probably dozens more, but these are the people I thought of off the top of my head. So many people were complaining about people being snubbed today, so I thought about it for a while. Feel free to reply and add your own!

Bridesmaids may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I am excited for Melissa’s nomination if only because it MAY bring women in comedy more options for roles and more recognition at award shows in the future.

Probably not, but it’s nice to dream.