Chloe Grace Moretz genuinely told guests of the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual salute on Tuesday evening at New York City’s 583 Park Avenue, “I’ve known Julianne Moore since I was fifteen. I feel so lucky to have met her at such a young age because she’s been incredibly fundamental to my upbringing as a young woman in this industry.” Subsequently, guest-turned-presenter Candice Bergen —invited by museum co-chairman and Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Michael Barker —humorously paralleled, “Julianne Moore had no impacting my youth whatsoever, she bore no foundation in my growing-up. In fact, I barely know her!” She added of Moore’s latest Oscar-nominated performance as a woman grappling with Alzheimer’s, “I haven’t seen Still Alice because at 68, it’s just too close.” Moore’s magnetism for accolades was also a popular topic onstage. After reading off a long list of honors she’s received over the years, Ethan Hawke remarked candidly, “It’s funny, you don’t really know how many awards you haven’t won until you Google Julianne and prepare for these kinds of things,” and Ellen Barkin noted with a wink that the five-time Oscar nominee (who has yet to be victorious) is “the only American actress to have won the trifecta of Berlin, Venice and Cannes, which maybe begs the question, what award hasn’t she won?”
