Diane Warren was in the recording studio with Sofia Carson to work on her when she got an unexpected phone call earlier this year. It was David Rubin, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he had some good news: She was getting an Oscar.

91裸聊视频淚 was like, 91裸聊视频檔o I91裸聊视频檓 not. I91裸聊视频檓 the one who loses all the time,91裸聊视频� Warren said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淚 was in total disbelief.91裸聊视频�

The prolific songwriter had been nominated for best original song at the Oscars 13 times. And 13 times she91裸聊视频檇 gone home empty handed, most recently at the ceremony earlier this year. Warren, 66, was never distressed or deterred by that statistic, though. She loved being in the game. But she had started to wonder if she was supposed to ever get one.

Warren will be collecting her honorary statuette Saturday at the annual Governors Awards, , Peter Weir and Michael J. Fox, who is getting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. She91裸聊视频檚 the first songwriter to ever get the award.

91裸聊视频淭his is the big Oscar,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淎nd I still want to win one. But the nomination is the win. This isn91裸聊视频檛 the Grammys with, you know, 50 song categories. There91裸聊视频檚 five songs in one category. To hear your name when they say those nominations? That91裸聊视频檚 like winning the lottery every time.91裸聊视频�

The first time she was nominated, for the which she co-wrote with Albert Hammond for the film 91裸聊视频淢annequin,91裸聊视频� Warren did not hear her name called. She didn91裸聊视频檛 even know nominations were happening. There were no campaigning events or screenings. It just seemed to come out of nowhere.

91裸聊视频淭hat was in the old days,91裸聊视频� she laughed. 91裸聊视频淣ow I stay up all night. I91裸聊视频檓 too uncool to go to sleep and not give a s91裸聊视频�-. I91裸聊视频檓 just very uncool. And I stay up all night, and I91裸聊视频檓 happy to be uncool.91裸聊视频�

Warren developed a passion for the power of songs in movies early on. She remembered 91裸聊视频渃rying her eyes out91裸聊视频� hearing John Barry and Don Black91裸聊视频檚 song for 91裸聊视频淏orn Free91裸聊视频� and being moved by Mark London91裸聊视频檚 song for 91裸聊视频淭o Sir with Love.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hey viscerally moved me,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淢usic doesn91裸聊视频檛 go to your brain. It goes to your heart. And you combine that with the right movie? It91裸聊视频檚 powerful.91裸聊视频�

It was, in other words, a natural fit on top of her . Some of her more famous Oscar nominated songs include and And she91裸聊视频檚 gotten a nomination almost every year since 2015.

And, while she loves every Oscars ceremony, she counts of her survivors anthem 91裸聊视频淭il It Happens to You,91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淭he Hunting Ground,91裸聊视频� as one of her favorite performances ever.

91裸聊视频淚t was monumental to me,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淪he was hitting notes and I have no idea how she hit them, but it was so emotional. Then when you got those survivors standing up when people weren91裸聊视频檛 really talking about this at that time? I don91裸聊视频檛 think there91裸聊视频檚 been a better performance of to me on the Oscars or almost anywhere.91裸聊视频�

She also loved playing the piano at the 2020 Oscars as Laura Pausini sang 91裸聊视频淚o s矛 (Seen)91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淭he Life Ahead.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t was amazing,91裸聊视频� Warren said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檇 never done anything like that before.91裸聊视频�

Mostly, Warren just loves the Oscars and getting to be part of that world. And she found it rather poignant that she got the call about the award as she was working on 91裸聊视频淎pplause,91裸聊视频� which is included in the movie is made up of seven short films directed by and about women.

The lyrics, she thought, seemed appropriate for the moment: 91裸聊视频淕ive yourself some applause. You deserve it. Give yourself some respect because you91裸聊视频檝e earned it. Give yourself some love because you91裸聊视频檙e worth it. You91裸聊视频檙e worth it. You know, let them know.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗ow crazy is that?,91裸聊视频� Warren said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 in the room doing that song and I go in the other room because the phone rings and it91裸聊视频檚 that? After all these years of trying to get an Oscar it91裸聊视频檚 like, wow, what a moment, right?91裸聊视频�

Now she91裸聊视频檚 just trying to get her thoughts together for her speech and she91裸聊视频檚 pretty sure she91裸聊视频檚 going to start crying immediately when she takes the stage Saturday.

91裸聊视频淚t hasn91裸聊视频檛 even really hit me yet,91裸聊视频� Warren said. 91裸聊视频淚 know it91裸聊视频檚 going to really hit me on that on that night. I don91裸聊视频檛 even know how I91裸聊视频檓 going to handle that.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频擫indsey Bahr, The Associated Press