No, Gwyneth Paltrow never really used her Oscar as a doorstop — but she did hide it away for 25 years
- - No, Gwyneth Paltrow never really used her Oscar as a doorstop — but she did hide it away for 25 years
Patrick GomezJanuary 4, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Gwyneth Paltrow after her 1999 Oscar win
To set the record straight, Gwyneth Paltrow does not use her Oscar as a doorstop.
"That was just for a stupid Vogue video," the Marty Supreme actress, who won in 1999 for her work in Shakespeare in Love, tells host Gerrad Hall on Entertainment Weekly's The Awardist podcast. "They're like, 'Wouldn't it be fun to use your Oscars as a doorstop?' And then of course, as you know [it became legend]."
That said, Paltrow has spent decades with complicated feelings about her win.
"I think it was weird, because it was such a huge and pivotal moment, and it's one of those things where you are kind of like this person that people are excited about and are building up," she explains on the podcast. "And then, in one fell swoop, it's too much. You're not an underdog anymore.... The tenor changed. It was just a lot to hold as a 26-year-old."
For the past quarter century, Paltrow kept her Academy Award on a bookshelf "hiding behind a door," but reveals she recently moved it to "a bookshelf with other stuff on it."
"I think I had, I don't know.... I think I had a bit of healing to do, in terms of how I held that and everything that happened and happened after it," she says. "It was a lot to metabolize. And so it took me, I guess 25 years to be like, 'Okay, I'm ready to put this on the bookshelf."
It also took that long to be able to watch her performance in the 1998 film that won her the statuette.
"It's funny because my husband [Brad Falchuk] was actually watching it maybe six months ago on TV. It was just on, and I came in and I was like.... I'm always like, 'Oh God, change it.'"
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But this time she reflected on how "I was so young and I looked so different," Paltrow continues. "It was the first time I was actually able to watch it in a long time. I didn't watch the whole movie, but I watched a couple of scenes and I was like, 'You know what? This stands the test of time. I'm really proud of my work. I'm really proud of this film. It's a perfect screenplay.... I don't know. It was just kind of like a nice moment."
Listen to Paltrow's full interview on The Awardist, below, about her new movie, Marty Supreme.
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