Natasha Lyonne Says Movies Are the 'Only Thing I Really Understand in This Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Natasha Lyonne attends the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards.Photo:Amy Sussman/WireImage

Amy Sussman/WireImage

Natasha Lyonneis reflecting on her love of film!

Before hosting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards (AMPAS Sci-Tech Awards) on Friday, Lyonne told PEOPLE and a group of reporters what the medium she works in has meant to her throughout her life.

“I love movies,” she said, noting that they’re “the only thing I really understand in this life.”

“They’ve got everything I like: music and stories and images, and they’ll break your heart, and make you laugh, and all the rest,” the actress, 44, continued.

Natasha Lyonne attends the the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards.Amy Sussman/WireImage

The AMPAS Sci-Tech Awards honor the people and companies that have made a significant and lasting impact on the motion picture industry through different “discoveries and innovations,” according to the Academy’swebsite.

Ahead of the ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, Lyonne reflected on the impact that the winners' contributions would have on the future of the industry.

“I do think that the specific elements that we’re here celebrating tonight are really extraordinary as we move into this deep future we’ve found ourselves in here in 2024,” she said. “[Stanley] Kubrick could only imagine as far as 2001, Prince 1999. So I think that it’s certainly the room to be in.”

TheRussian Dollstar didn’t hold back when asked about the threat of AI in the entertainment industry, calling it a “fair and formidable foe.”

“Unless we wrangle that little b—- and put it in the right, safe hands,” she added. “So hopefully we’ll figure that all out as a team.”

Natasha Lyonne.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

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source: people.com