Quote: "Those unbelievable photo calls... really hurt my eyes. It’s true aggression. Why do they yell out our names like crazy people? They yell those names as if we weren’t there in front of them. This makes no sense... If they called us quietly that would be so much nicer." Veteran Oscar nominee Emmanuelle Riva is upset by the negative energy on the red carpet at awards shows.
Fact: The Academy Awards will be held on Best Actress nominee Emmanuelle Riva's 86th birthday (24Feb13). The star made history on Thursday morning (10Jan13) when she became the oldest woman ever to be nominated for a Best Actress award for her role in Amour.
Fact: Beasts of the Southern Wild's Quvenzhane Wallis, nine, and Amour's Emmanuelle Riva, 85, have made history after becoming both the youngest and eldest nominees to ever vie for the title of Best Actress at the Academy Awards.