<p>Actor Bradley Cooper believes that Hollywood award season is "utterly meaningless" as they do not lead to any "artistic creation".</p>.<p>The actor, who has been nominated for Oscars eight times but is yet to take home his maiden trophy, talked about the relevance of the award season during a chat with <em>Hamilton</em> star Anthony Ramos for <em>Interview Magazine</em>.</p>.<p>Ramos, who had featured in Cooper's directorial debut <em>A Star Is Born</em>, remarked that award season mostly "single out" individual artistes and doesn't acknowledge the concept of teamwork.</p>.<p>"What we forget is that we’re a representation of the story that those 150 to 200 people told together. We’re like a walking flag," the actor said.</p>.<p>Cooper agreed with Ramos, calling the award season a "real test".</p>.<p>"It’s set up to foster that mentality. It’s quite a thing to work through, and it’s completely devoid of artistic creation. It’s not why you sacrifice everything to create art, and yet you spend so much time being a part of it if you’re, in quotes, 'lucky enough to be a part of it'," the 45-year-old actor said.</p>.<p>"It’s ultimately a great thing because it really does make you face ego, vanity, and insecurity. It’s very interesting and utterly meaningless," he added.</p>.<p>On the work front, Cooper has set up the biopic of composer Leonard Bernstein as his second directorial project.</p>.<p>The actor will also star in Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> and Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled new project.</p>
<p>Actor Bradley Cooper believes that Hollywood award season is "utterly meaningless" as they do not lead to any "artistic creation".</p>.<p>The actor, who has been nominated for Oscars eight times but is yet to take home his maiden trophy, talked about the relevance of the award season during a chat with <em>Hamilton</em> star Anthony Ramos for <em>Interview Magazine</em>.</p>.<p>Ramos, who had featured in Cooper's directorial debut <em>A Star Is Born</em>, remarked that award season mostly "single out" individual artistes and doesn't acknowledge the concept of teamwork.</p>.<p>"What we forget is that we’re a representation of the story that those 150 to 200 people told together. We’re like a walking flag," the actor said.</p>.<p>Cooper agreed with Ramos, calling the award season a "real test".</p>.<p>"It’s set up to foster that mentality. It’s quite a thing to work through, and it’s completely devoid of artistic creation. It’s not why you sacrifice everything to create art, and yet you spend so much time being a part of it if you’re, in quotes, 'lucky enough to be a part of it'," the 45-year-old actor said.</p>.<p>"It’s ultimately a great thing because it really does make you face ego, vanity, and insecurity. It’s very interesting and utterly meaningless," he added.</p>.<p>On the work front, Cooper has set up the biopic of composer Leonard Bernstein as his second directorial project.</p>.<p>The actor will also star in Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> and Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled new project.</p>