With J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaking box office records left and right, people are already buzzing about the film's chances of winning an Oscar this year.
When Collider asked the director how he feels about the film's chances of winning a Best Picture Oscar, or maybe even the cast and crew getting an award nod as well, he said that the movie did so well already that he would be happy regardless if it gets recognized or not.
"I'm only hoping that there are certain people I know that deserve it desperately, and it would be wonderful if they got it," he explained. "I feel like I have the gift of working on that film is such that I don't need any further validation other than the movie being out there and people liking the movie, but there are people that I will be disappointed if they don't get nominated."
Abrams teased that there are actually eight names included in the film who are worthy of a nomination, and he said that it is already very "obvious to me who deserves that kind of recognition."
On the other hand, these people "might not even care" and act all modest.
"They may say 'Oh please,' but I saw how hard some of these artists work and they are very deserving," said Abrams.
As for the overwhelming numbers "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has been racking up all across the globe, Abrams is beyond grateful for its success.
At the same time, he issued an apology to parents whose kids made them watch the movie several times already.
"Whatever the numbers are, I'm just so grateful that the movie is out there and it's being well received," he said. "I'm grateful to anyone who has gone to see the movie, and when I hear anecdotally 7-8 times, I just want to apologize to I'm guessing their parents. No, I'm just very grateful and I can't believe it's done."
Abrams spent two years of "very intense work" with a lot of people, so he is happy that their hard work has paid off.
"Even the people you don't see in the movie, like the puppeteers, I watched them in 120 degree heat in Abu Dhabi bring BB-8 to life, and then we (CG) them out of the movie, and I'm just so happy people get to see what they did," he said.
