But his first love, the stage, has often beckoned, causing his cinematic output to halt for a while in the '70s. And he has managed to rack up five Oscar bids, nonetheless. Oh, there was the occasional quality slip. No one believed the ray guns. No need to make excuses for such gems as 1967's Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn and 1982's Shoot the Moon with Diane Keaton, two scathingly honest studies of marriage.
Good movies make for fond memories.
Finney shares some from his past Oscar-nominated performances. Finney earned his first nomination as an 18th century rogue in the bawdy romp that took the best-picture Oscar. Finney chose to do the film instead of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia , which would star his pal Peter O'Toole. All I seemed to be doing was sitting on a horse and smiling. Not exactly acting.