The ever-radiant Dame Helen Mirren took the spotlight during the show to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award. She delivered a powerful acceptance speech, thanking her fellow actors.
“It is you, you actors, that I want to thank for your wit and your humor ... your perception, your emotional generosity, your great intelligence and your incredible energy.
“A few years ago, I had the fearsome and wonderful challenge of performing Phaedra at the ancient Greek theater at Epidaurus ... And standing in the 2,000-year-old space, I felt the ghosts of all those ancient Greeks and vagabonds. I felt their fear, I felt their sweat, their elation, and I felt at one with them.
“Actors, you’re a magnificent tribe. Stretching across culture, history and time,” she said, reaching for the award statuette. “This is for the actors.”
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This item was originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA magazine spring 2022 issue.
Helen Mirren Receives 57th Life Achievement Award
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