similar to hair, if you apply a moisturizer or organic substance that is or contains humectants to your skin in low humidity, the humectant will draw the moisture from your SKIN instead of from the environment (as you've taught me!).
In 1972 Marlon Brando refused the Oscars for his award-winning role in The Godfather. They weren't the first, though. In 1935 a writer named Dudley Nichols refused to accept the Oscar for his movie The Informer because the Writers Guild was on strike against the movie studios at the time.
When it comes to directors, the Academy is reluctant to give an award to a young director, especially one who is innovative. If you look at the youngest winners in modern times, you see people making old fashioned movies like The King's Speech or Dances with Wolves.. It didn't hurt that Costner was an actor. A rare exception to this Francis Ford Coppola who won in his mid-30s for the innovative Godfather Part II..