Gwyneth Paltrow repurposes Oscar statuettes in interesting ways

[Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love," told Vogue's "73 Questions" series that she uses her Oscar statue as a doorstop. 'It works perfectly!' She said.

In the video, shot at her home in the Hamptons over the summer, the camera captures Oscar on the ground, propping the door open. When interviewer Joe Sabia said, "What a beautiful Oscar," Paltrow did indeed smile and say, "My doorstopper."

The statue came up again later in the conversation after Paltrow was asked where the red velvet Gucci suit he wore to the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards was now. Said Paltrow, "It's in a closet in California," (she re-wore this iconic look for the 2021 Gucci show)." So you're not using it to close doors around here, then?" Sabia joked. Sabia joked, to which Paltrow laughed and replied, "For now."

Paltrow said of her favorite movie role, "I can't pick one. I've had so many great roles," she said, but chose her favorite line from a movie: "Probably the part in The Royal Tenenbaums where Margot says, 'You don't even know my middle name.'"

When asked which of her many films she would actually sit through to the end, Paltrow replied, "Probably 'Emma,'" after the 1996 film in which she played Jane Austen's heroine.

According to People magazine, Paltrow, who was only 26 when she won the Academy Award, said she experienced an "identity crisis" after this landmark moment. "I just wanted to be successful and appreciated," she said on her podcast "Call Her Daddy." 'I was growing really fast, and everything happened so fast. I think for someone like me, success means overcoming a lot of challenges in the process of growing up. Once I won the Oscar, I had a bit of an identity crisis. The amount of attention I received on those nights and in the weeks that followed was very disorienting and, frankly, really unhealthy." Nevertheless, she said. It was a wonderful experience, but for me it made me question a lot of things."

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Since then, Paltrow has been entrepreneurial and founded Goop 15 years ago. When asked by Vogue what she misses most about being a leading lady, Paltrow blithely replied: "Nothing."