[dfwgator]

You’re thinking of Marlon Brando, Scott refused because he disliked the voting process and of the very idea of competition.

He also tried to withdraw from his Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Hustler.

[IronJack]

I got the motives mixed up. But I remember I found it offensive at the time that he was virtue signaling about the "purity" of his "art." It was just tedious pretension.

Nowadays, I'd salute anyone who refused to accept an award from a legion of perverts, deviants, and self-satisfied hypocrites.