--- title: Bradley Cooper Talks Best Director Oscar Snub With Oprah description: Bradley Cooper revealed that missing out on a Best Director Oscar nomination for A Star Is Born left him feeling less than his best. canonical: https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-06T18:33:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:22.199Z og:title: Bradley Cooper Talks Best Director Oscar Snub With Oprah og:description: "The first thing I felt was embarrassment" og:url: https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547a33445570613/698944a386f68e165a6eb4e3/bradley-cooper-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Bradley-Cooper-Oprah og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bradley Cooper Talks Best Director Oscar Snub With Oprah twitter:description: "The first thing I felt was embarrassment" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547a33445570613/698944a386f68e165a6eb4e3/bradley-cooper-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bradley Cooper and Oprah Really Got Somewhere With This _SuperSoul_ Conversation > Sponsored content. 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Bryan Bedder—THR/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 6, 2019 6:33 PM UTC Even famous Hollywood actors get embarrassed sometimes. While speaking to [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5451761/michelle-obama-oprah/) at the Tuesday taping of her _SuperSoul Conversations_ _From Times Square_ TV special, [Bradley Cooper](http://time.com/5407925/bradley-cooper-lady-gaga/) revealed that missing out on a Best Director Oscar nomination for [_A Star Is Born_](http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/)left him feeling less than his best. “I was not surprised, I’m never surprised about not getting nominated,” [he said](https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-embarassed-oscar-best-director-snub/) of [the snub](http://time.com/5506895/2019-oscar-nominations-snubs/). “The first thing I felt was embarrassment, actually. I felt embarrassed that I didn’t do my part…Like, ‘Oh gosh, I didn’t do my job.'” However, Cooper went on to admit that, deep down, he knows the awards shouldn’t be what matters. “But the truth is, even if I got the nomination, that should not give me any sense of whether I did my job or not,” he said. “That’s the trick. The trick is to make something you believe in and you work hard.” _A Star Is Born_ was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture. 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