Known for doing extreme stunts in his movies, Tom Cruise has almost done everything in his decades-long career in Hollywood. The actor has won several awards and honors, except for the most prestigious award in the film industry, an Oscar. So far, he has received four Oscar nominations, including for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. However, the Mission Impossible star is not bothered by the Academy’s lack of recognition and has said that it’s not something he makes movies for.

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Tom Cruise Loves His Job And He Doesn’t Do it For Awards

Many were surprised after Tom Cruise did not land a Best Actor nomination at the 95th Academy Awards for Top Gun: Maverick. However, the actor himself doesn’t seem too bothered by it, as he has said that he is content with his work and is not too eager to win an award. He told BBC in an interview,

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“I’ve always felt what I do is extraordinary – being able to make these pictures and doing something you love. So, I’ll just keep doing it. I love it, I don’t do it for the awards.”

The Vanilla Sky star shared that he has been approached for movies with the claim that it would land him an Oscar, but winning an Oscar was never a career goal for him. “I didn’t grow up watching the Oscars, so it’s never been a goal,” he said, as per the Irish Examiner.

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He said that he has always wanted to act and hasn’t been bothered with the thought of winning a prestigious Hollywood award, as it “means nothing to [him].” And the actor embodied this sentiment when he chose to return to his three Golden Globes in 2021.

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Tom Cruise Returned His Golden Globes

Tom Cruise won a total of three Golden Globes for Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, and Magnolia. However, in 2021, Variety reported that the action star has returned all his Golden Globes in a protest against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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The HFPA was under fire due to its lack of diversity, and several Hollywood stars, including Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo, called for the industry to step back from Golden Globes. Netflix, Amazon, along with WarnerMedia also boycotted the HFPA, and NBCUniversal declared that NBC would not air the 2022 Golden Globes award ceremony.

In an attempt to reform the organization, HFPA added 21 new members to represent “diversity and inclusion” in 2021. Later, in July 2022, the HFPA membership voted to approve the transfer of ownership of the Golden Globes to Eldridge Industries. The reports stated that it would be turned into a private entity separate from the HFPA’s charitable programs, which will be managed as a non-profit entity.

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