--- description: "Do the opposite of what I did," says the 2011 host title: Here's Anne Hathaway's Two Cents on Hosting the Oscars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta49cd7cbf8e727b3/6987784f8e06019e404598bc/anne-hathaway-2011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anne Hathaway Gives Neil Patrick Harris Oscars Hosting Advice by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 3:28 PM CUT  Anne Hathaway hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Ca. on Feb. 27, 2011. Anne Hathaway hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Ca. on Feb. 27, 2011.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 3:28 PM CUT In a new interview [with _The New York Times Magazine_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/magazine/anne-hathaways-oscars-advice-do-the-opposite-of-what-i-did.html "undefined") Anne Hathaway says she doesn’t profess to have much Oscar-hosting advice for Neil Patrick Harris, though she seeks to lead by example—of what not to do. When asked if she had any words of wisdom for Harris, she replied: “Do the opposite of what I did, and you’ll be fine.” But she wouldn’t go too deep into the details of what went wrong with her 2011 hosting gig alongside human art installation James Franco. “I think it’s so obvious that it doesn’t even need to be identified,” she said. “He’ll be great. He’s a natural host.” Hathaway was equally blunt when asked about the source of the “vitriol” that followed her Oscar win for _Les Misérables_. “Oh, I think you can’t answer that and be a self-respecting person,” she said. Hathaway, whose movie _Song One_ is being released later this month, was more forthcoming when discussing her New Year’s resolution (she’s going to try sober January) and vaping (she doesn’t judge). [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://popwatch.ew.com/2015/01/06/anne-hathaway-thinks-neil-patrick-harris-should-do-the-opposite-of-what-she-did-at-the-oscars/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3655616/hathaway-harris-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3655616/hathaway-harris-oscars/"},"headline":"Anne Hathaway Gives Neil Patrick Harris Oscars Hosting Advice","datePublished":"2015-01-06T15:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:19:13.212Z","description":"She's gotten better at making fun of herself","url":"https://time.com/3655616/hathaway-harris-oscars/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Neil Patrick Harris","film","anne hathaway","the oscars"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta49cd7cbf8e727b3/6987784f8e06019e404598bc/anne-hathaway-2011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta49cd7cbf8e727b3/6987784f8e06019e404598bc/anne-hathaway-2011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Anne Hathaway hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Ca. on Feb. 27, 2011.","caption":"Anne Hathaway hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Ca. on Feb. 27, 2011.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3655616/hathaway-harris-oscars/","name":"Anne Hathaway Gives Neil Patrick Harris Oscars Hosting Advice"}}]}] ```