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"The King&amp;#039;s Speech director Tom Hooper has revealed that he was nervous about the Oscars.  The Academy Award-winning director was talking to Daybreak&amp;#039;s Kate Garraway on the red carpet at the Vanity Fair party. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t really sleep last night and I was certainly very nervous,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not just about whether you win, but making a speech in front of half a billion viewers.&amp;quot; When Garraway asked Hooper how working on EastEnders had influenced him, he revealed: &amp;quot;Even before that, I directed Byker Grove! &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very grateful to British television for the breaks it gave me, and it&amp;#039;s a very nice journey from there to here.&amp;quot; Hooper also told Garraway that it took him a while to grasp the significance of the ceremony. &amp;quot;I was sitting a couple of seats away from Steven Spielberg and I spoke to him in a couple of the breaks,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;He was one of my childhood heroes, so there was something about his presence that made me realise how big it was. It&amp;#039;s huge, it&amp;#039;s huge.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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