The actress was famously snubbed for her work in 2019's &34;Hustlers.&34; Jennifer Lopez no longer concerns herself with Oscar buzz: 'I learned my lesson last t

The actress was famously snubbed for her work in 2019's "Hustlers."

Jennifer Lopez no longer concerns herself with Oscar buzz: 'I learned my lesson last time'

The actress was famously snubbed for her work in 2019's "Hustlers."

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September 29, 2025 3:47 p.m. ET

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Jennifer Lopez no longer has any expectations when it comes to awards buzz.

The actress and singer, 56, is garnering Oscar buzz once again for her work in Bill Condon's upcoming musical drama *Kiss of the Spider-Woman*, an adaptation of the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig of the same name and the Tony Award-winning Broadway production.

In an expansive interview with *CBS Sunday Morning*, Lopez said she no longer concerns herself with awards buzz when asked by Lee Cowan where she placed those expectations.

"You've been in this spot before where folks are hinting about Oscars and other big awards," Cowan noted. "Where do you put those expectations?"**

"I don't, I don't. I learned my lesson last time," Lopez said. "But also I think the joy, for me, is in doing it. Every single moment. It's great to be in the conversation. Like, you're doing work that people recognize and love. That's enough."

"It's not that you can't want more or that you don't wanna stand up there and say thank you," Lopez added. "Of course we all want that. But I realized that I don't need it in the way that maybe I thought when I was younger."

She then quickly quipped, "Not that I wouldn't love it! I just wanna do that little disclaimer." Lopez added with a laugh, "I'd be very grateful for that too."**

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Jennifer Lopez in 'Hustlers'. Barbara Nitke/STXfilms

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It comes after the upset of 2019's *Hustlers,* in which Lopez was famously snubbed by members of the Academy for her role as Ramona, the head of a group of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their wealthy Wall Street clients. Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, and Lili Reinhart also star in the film inspired by a true story.

Lopez — who received a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nomination for the role, among other accolades — acknowledged the disappointment of the snub in her 2022 Netflix documentary Halftime.

"The truth is I really started to think I was gonna get nominated. I got my hopes up because so many people were telling me I would be," Lopez reflected in the doc. "And then it didn't happen."

"I had to ask myself, 'What does that mean?'" she continued. "I do this not for an award or do my hits up there and seem like I'm the best performer in the world. No, I do this to tell stories and to effect change and to connect with people and make them feel things because I wanna feel something. That's why I do it."

"I needed to go through the Oscar snub," Lopez added, in order to realize that she didn't "need that." She said, "I'm actually here and I am okay and I am enough. I don't need this award right here to tell me I'm enough."

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