Oprah Addresses Honorary Oscar Doubters
AP Hollywood correspondent Sandy Cohen has scored a solid Oprah Winfrey interview after bypassing the usual PR channels:
Winfrey tells Cohen she was as surprised as anyone that she was selected to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Not because she doesn’t think she is worthy, but rather because she recognizes that her body of big screen acting work is slim:
“”I understand people thinking, `Where’s her list of credentials for films?'” Winfrey said, “but I don’t think there’s room for criticism in the do-good department…”
“Most people don’t realize, that when I leave work, sometimes at two in the morning, three in the morning, four in the morning, I’m up.
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