--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bradley Cooper and Oprah Really Got Somewhere With This _SuperSoul_ Conversation  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 6, 2019 6:33 PM UTC  Bradley Cooper and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations at PlayStation Theater on February 05, 2019 in New York City. Bradley Cooper and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations at PlayStation Theater on February 05, 2019 in New York City.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. Cooper, Lady Gaga and Sam Elliott received nods for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. _Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations From Times Square_ will air on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on OWN. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/"},"headline":"Bradley Cooper and Oprah Really Got Somewhere With This SuperSoul Conversation","datePublished":"2019-02-06T18:33:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:22.199Z","description":"The 'A Star Is Born' director opened up about his Oscar snub","url":"https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547a33445570613/698944a386f68e165a6eb4e3/bradley-cooper-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547a33445570613/698944a386f68e165a6eb4e3/bradley-cooper-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bradley-Cooper-Oprah","caption":"Bradley Cooper and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations at PlayStation Theater on February 05, 2019 in New York City.","creditText":"Bryan Bedder—THR/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5522923/bradley-cooper-oscar-snub/","name":"Bradley Cooper and Oprah Really Got Somewhere With This SuperSoul Conversation"}}]}] ```