Name: Conan O'Brien Breaks Down His 2026 Oscars Prep: Goals for the Night, Biggest Fears & More
Uploaded: 2026-03-10T21:32:34.000Z
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Welcome to my photo shoot for the Oscar issue of the Hollywood Reporter.

That's what people say when they didn't like the first one.

And welcome to my photo shoot for the big Oscar issue of the Hollywood Reporter.

I feel that I am prepared for this year's Oscars.

Not only have we worked on some material, but

I've also spent a massive amount of time working on my body, crafting it, sculpting it.

I use a lot of turn of the century, 1902, 1903 gym equipment, some of it found at the wreck of the Titanic.

I have a sculpted, sculpted upper body, which I think is key.

My silhouette will be fantastic, my posture superb.

There's a certain point during the preparation process where you realize you've gone too far.

I had a scale Dolby theater built in my basement and I've hired look alikes for all the stars.

Timothee Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, the Skarsgard.

And I've run through the Oscars 75 times in my basement and it's starting to be diminishing returns, you know, So I think I need to just do the show now.

People have pointed out to me that as the night goes on, you're playing to mostly a room filled with people who have lost their chance to win an Oscar.

But I've been playing for losers for my entire career.

For a huge swath of my late night show, people that came to see my taping felt like they had lost already.

My main goal is to entertain as the Oscar host, but

there's another that I need to provide as well, which is empathy.

I spend a lot of time backstage consoling people who've lost.

People don't see that part in the commercial breaks.

I'm telling people that they're better off without an Oscar.

The Oscar will ruin their career, as it has for so many.

I think that is my biggest role is a consoler.

My biggest takeaway from hosting last year was that the Oscar statues are not well guarded.

They have, I think, an intern looking after them who leaves frequently for a wedge of coffee cake.

And I'm gonna try and get this year best actor if I can.

And one for cinematography, just to fill out the set.

I think the headline, conan fails to show her second Oscar, that would follow me for quite some time.

You know, this year, I'm gonna use Google Maps.

And not showing up in show business can follow you for a long time.

I want to avoid aliens attack during Oscars.

When you first walk out there, your biggest fear often is, should I have had the plastic surgery a few months earlier?

Because last year I had a lot of swelling.

I had major work done three days before the Oscars, and

you could see I looked like I was in Guillermo del Toromo's Frankenstein.

I think that's the biggest fear is that maybe if you've had a little nip or tuck, that maybe you did it too close to the show.

I think you want something to go wrong occasionally.

Humans are really good at noticing when something's spontaneous.

When something goes a little off, it's great.

Now there's off, and then there's really off.

You know, someone dropping their Oscar, maybe a wardrobe malfunction.

There's the good off, and then there's off, and you don't want that off.

I don't know why I became Nixon at the end, but I did.

There are fewer and fewer things that bring us together.

That's just the way it is in our fractured society.

It's nice to be talking to a large audience, not just in our country, but around the world.

It's a very cool evening and a rare opportunity to talk to more than just your little silo of fans.

So I actually love that about the Oscars.

I said it to them last year when they called.

They said it's an honor to do it because it's a big.

And it's an event I grew up watching, and it's nice to be part of it.

People ask me all the time, do you still get nervous?