Goldie Hawn, 77, says the Oscars have become 'too politicized,' jokes are 'off ... trends now
Goldie Hawn, 77, is a silver screen legend with a career spanning nearly seven decades.
Few actors have amassed the body of work she has while remaining both true to her comedic instincts.
And the Oscar winner - who recently celebrated 40 years with Kurt Russell - opened up to Variety about how Hollywood has changed.
'It used to be elegant,' she said of the Oscars, which will take place on Sunday.
'I’m not old-fashioned, but sometimes jokes are off-color. And I’m missing reverence. Things have become politicized. I want to see people in awe. I want to see people believing again. I want to see people laughing more in a way that isn’t just at someone else’s expense.'
Oscar issue: Goldie Hawn appeared on Variety's Oscar Issue and opens up about her career, her Oscar, the changes in Hollywood and the role that would lure her out of retirement
Oscar win: She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1970 when she was 25 and missed the ceremony
The Sugarland Express star also bemoaned the death of the movie star. 'Where are they?' she asked.
'The old-fashioned movie star creates excitement. We used to be able to say, "I’m gonna take a break because I think I’m overexposed."
'A lot of these people that are coming up are making more money than anybody ever made as an actor, but they’re not known.'
The Oscar winner mostly retired after 2001's The Banger Sisters with Susan Sarandon.
'I’d been making a lot of movies for a long time. And when 9/11 happened, the world turned upside down,' she said, 'and I wasn’t feeling very happy. But what I realized is that children were actually going to be suffering a silent distress on account of 9/11.'
Hawn created a nonprofit classroom program called MindUP that helps kids manage stress. The program is used in 50 countries. 'It’s changing children,' she said.
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