Dame Emma Thompson became "seriously ill" each time she attended the Academy Awards. The 63-year-old actress found the "pressure and glare" of the Oscars "too much" to deal with, admitting she developed a "sort of allergy" to such occasions.
She said: "Both times I had to do the Oscars I got seriously ill. I found the pressure and glare of it too much. "It's astonishing - and then afterwards you want to lie down in a dark room.
You think, 'Please don't ask me any questions or make me talk about myself. ' "I quickly developed a sort of allergy to that part of the job.
I'm lucky - I think it must be awful if you're James Bond. " Emma won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in 1992 movie 'Howards End' and she also landed a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar after she wrote the screenplay for 1995 film 'Sense and Sensibility'.
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