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    19 Celebs Who Refused To Go To The Oscars For Personal, Ethical, And Occasionally Sleep-Related Reasons

    "Let's let the Academy do them, with all grace and love. And let's do us, differently.”

    There are more reasons than you might think to avoid the Oscars. For some, it's a question of diversity (think: the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite hashtag); for others, it reads as meaningless industry posturing. And for a sleepy few, it seems, the Academy Awards are an unworthy distraction from a good nap. Here are 19 celebs who boycotted, skipped, or slept through the event, and why:

    1. Anthony Hopkins didn't attend the 2021 Oscars to accept his award for best actor, or travel to any of the designated hubs near his home in Wales. The Oscars did not allow Zoom calls that year.

    Sir Anthony Hopkins in a red robe, with hands clasped, standing indoors near a bookshelf
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    Instead, he posted an Instagram video the Monday after the event thanking the Academy and shouting out the late Chadwick Boseman. "The oldest acting Oscar-winner ever, 83-year-old Hopkins was asleep at home in Wales" at the time of the awards, IndieWire reports.

    2. Michael Caine didn't accept his 1987 Hannah and Her Sisters Best Supporting Actor award for scheduling reasons (very Hollywood).

    Elderly man in tuxedo being interviewed with event backdrop and microphone
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    He was busy filming Jaws: The Revenge at the time. "I have never seen it, but by all accounts, it is terrible," he later said of the movie he missed the Academy Awards for.

    3. Will Smith decided to boycott the 2016 ceremony due to the Oscars' lack of diversity.