The train of her Valentino couture dress was carried by two people; she was wearing diamonds by Tiffany & Co. and silver platform heels by Giuseppe Zanotti.

For E! Entertainment, Ryan Seacrest asked if Lady Gaga had drawn on her experience as a musician for her role as Ally Maine in “A Star Is Born,” for which she is nominated for best actress.

“It was a totally different thing,” she said, saying that she had been helped enormously by her co-star and director, Bradley Cooper, whom she called “a tremendous visionary.”

She then said many wonderful things about acting, describing her process as “going to the nectar of your being,” and later saying, “I discovered something in working on this film, and it’s something called alchemy.”

“A Star Is Born” is also nominated for best motion picture for a drama. Cooper is nominated for best actor and best director for the drama.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.