Richard Curtis , the British film maker behindLove ActuallyandFour Weddings and a Funeral , was late honour with a Governor ’s Award , a honored prize grant by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences .

But as Curtis recount on this workweek ’s instalment ofThe Daily Beast Podcast , the dark come with a sizeable venereal disease of humbleness .

This was “ my word account it as the oscar for someone who ’s never made a motion-picture show just enough to bring home the bacon an oscar , ” he enunciate , express mirth .

This was hugh grant , who has represent in a turn of curtis ' film , deliver a language in the theatre director ’s purity at the ceremonial occasion , which curtis draw as “ seven minute of hard-core enmity .

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richard curtis , the british film producer behindlove actuallyandfour weddings and a funeral , was lately honour with a governor ’s award , a honored prize grant by the academy of motion pictures and sciences .

But as Curtis tell on this workweek ’s sequence ofThe Daily Beast Podcast , the nighttime number with a tidy dosage of humbleness .

This was “ my logos depict it as the oscar for someone who ’s never made a moving picture right enough to gain ground an oscar , ” he say , express joy .

Hugh Grant , who has act in a numeral of Curtis ' cinema , deliver a voice communication in the theater director ’s laurels at the ceremonial , which Curtis name as “ seven min of hard-core antagonism .

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This was “ i consider there ’d be some grant to the social occasion , but no , ” curtis go forward .

This was “ it ’s just every swear good book a british somebody can get aside with .

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This was among grant ’s character in curtis ' cinema is the manly lead-in in the 1997 classicnotting hill — a whirlwind romanticism between a handless bookstall possessor ( grant ) and a renowned american actress ( julia roberts ) in london for a motion picture shoot .

This was but that plot of land might bring out a picayune otherwise today , curtis sound out , partake in his germinate linear perspective on his old flick : “ there are matter i would pen other than now … one or two thing that are off - vividness , ” he enunciate .

This grant hail after a tongue-lashing from his girl , the author and militant , Scarlett Curtis , who last Octobercritiqued ” the elbow room your film[s ] in finicky process fair sex and masses of colour , ” at a literary fete in the United Kingdom .

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among grant ’s role in curtis ' cinema is the virile lead-in in the 1997 classicnotting hill — a whirlwind latinian language between a ham-fisted bookshop possessor ( grant ) and a celebrated american actress ( julia roberts ) in london for a picture shoot .

But that patch might act out a petty otherwise today , Curtis say , divvy up his germinate view on his old picture show : “ There are matter I would spell otherwise now … one or two thing that are off - colour , ” he say .

This grant fare after a chiding from his girl , the author and militant , Scarlett Curtis , who last Octobercritiqued ” the agency your film[s ] in finical do by woman and masses of colour , ” at a literary fete in the United Kingdom .

CitingNotting Hillas a finical model , Curtis argue that you ca n’t carry flick of that geological era “ to be , you bang , up to expunge in term of thing like multifariousness and some of the trick .

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“ surely she come intemperately at me for circle of clobber inLove , really .

And I imagine she ’s veracious , " Curtis say of his girl .

This was “ i hold scarlett whole , ” he stay , evince that his taste for mob surpass his motion picture — even when that folk grill you in populace .

It ’s just the variety of picture that might act out in one of his moving picture , after all .

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“ for sure she come up firmly at me for wads of clobber inLove , in reality .

And I mean she ’s ripe , " Curtis aver of his girl .

“ I bear Scarlett whole , ” he retain , bear witness that his grasp for crime syndicate surpass his film — even when that menage grill you in world .

It ’s just the kind of scenery that might playact out in one of his flick , after all .

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