Arquette sorry for ‘F-bomb’ slip
LOS ANGELES: Patricia Arquette apologised for dropping an F-bomb while accepting her Golden Globe for Lead Actress In A Limited Series for Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora.
“I didn’t plan that. It was an unplanned F-bomb,” she said on Sunday. “I’m so sorry.”
She held up her trophy and joked: “You can’t take it back, can you?”
Arquette won for her performance as Joyce Mitchell in the true story of a woman who helped two inmates stage a prison break in upstate New York in 2015.
She gained over 18kg for a role that was anything but glamorous.
“I felt so free,” she said. ”I never once heard this refrain that I have heard so often in my career: ‘Is she likable enough? Is she attractive enough?’”
She echoed the calls of other Globe winners for the entertainment industry to remain vigilant in striving for diversity in all aspects.
“I’m glad to see some of these films being given opportunities. Hollywood always responds when they see so much revenue coming from it. Diversity is starting to pay off for Hollywood,” she added.
Arquette said the focus on pay and gender parity should extend beyond Hollywood. She said she was encouraged by the wave of women legislators elected in recent months at the state and federal levels.
Although she had been nominated on the television side of the Globes ballot thrice before (for her starring role on broadcast drama Medium), this was her first win for a small-screen role.
She has one more nomination and win from the film side of the ballot (for Boyhood in 2015).