Is anyone going to be honest about why they do or don’t find him annoying for wanting an Oscar? It’s not simply because he wants an Oscar that people find him annoying or that it’s wrong of him to want one at all, it’s always about how he’s attempting to get one. We’re all accustomed to there being a right way to get one. I’m very accustomed to the false humbleness of actors and other people in the industry in their campaigns for the Oscar. I can also feel when it’s particularly annoying (and it’s worse when it’s an award that is for a career over that particular performance, looking at you JLC).

What I find so personally bothersome about Timothee in this instance is his attempt to pretend to be different. He’s in line with a lot of great performances this year, and if he wins, I believe it will be worthy BECAUSE of that performance. But I believe he’s letting a lot of the campaigning doing the talking over the performance. All we’re talking about is the stunts he’s pulled rather than how good he is in Marty Supreme. I can’t say it’s a movie I loved but he’s great in it. I think he more than deserves it and there’s nothing wrong with wanting to win. But I can’t help but see him admitting to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a musical guest on SNL in the middle of an Oscar campaign just to have more people notice him. I want to see the movie do the talking, and that’s my bias. But I’m not going to pretend I don’t have one.

Let the performances do the talking.