Amanda Seyfried recently shared her sentiments with The New Yorker about winning an Oscar. She said winning is not important to her. She has “gotten this far” without one, so “why would I need one now?”
“Do you remember who won in the past ten years? It’s not the win that’s important. It’s the nomination,” Seyfried continued, “It does thrust you forward. That’s a fact. Now, do I need one in a week or two or whenever? No, of course, I don’t. Would it be great? Of course it would, for every reason. But it isn’t necessary. Longevity in an actor’s career is designed. Longevity is about deliberate choices to make art among the big commercial things that are fun and pay.”
Seyfried has one Best Supporting Actress nomination in 2021 for her role in Mank. The Academy Award ultimately went to Youn Yuh-jung for her role in Minari. Seyfried was recently nominated for a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice award for her performance in The Testament of Ann Lee, fueling the possibility of another Oscar nomination.
Even if she is not nominated, Seyfried said she feels she has “already proven” herself and believes she is working toward “getting people to trust me to do hard things.”
“We all have ebbs and flows in our careers, and how we’re perceived can change from day to day, but I’m consistent in my choices and I’m consistent in my values and my needs,” she added. “I’m also sitting pretty right now, because The Housemaid made money. That’s not always the case. Sometimes you’re in Mamma Mia! Sometimes, you do something like Ted 2, or A Million Ways to Die in the West, which were both supposed to do big box-office, and underperformed.”
Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman will read nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards on Thursday, January 22.
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