Hundreds of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars recently gathered to celebrate the annual handing out of tiny golden statues, the receiving of which is the only way an actor can really know whether they did a good job. As part of the process, the actors must watch short clips of their nominated performances play out onscreen, an experience that may feel a little something like when ordinary people listen to their own voices played back for them, only in an enormous hall alongside thousands of other people with millions more watching at home.