Beverly Hills, California: Actor George Clooney accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Golden Globes by honoring others - his Hollywood colleagues, his new wife and millions who marched in the wake of attacks in France last week.
The veteran actor who moved from ER into movies was given the Cecil B DeMille Award, an honor that has gone to the likes of Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Alfred Hitchcock and, in recent years, to Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman and Robert DeNiro. He was introduced by two former co-workers, Julianne Margulies and Don Cheadle.
"You've always been very kind to me," he said, addressing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has nominated Mr Clooney in more Golden Globe categories than any person. "I thank you for keeping small films alive. Big ones do fine. It's the little ones that need an audience."
The actor's wife, Amal Alamuddin, watched from the audience.
"It's a humbling thing when you find someone to love," he said, looking out at her. "Even better when you've been waiting your whole life. I'm proud to be your husband."
He recalled how actors who are nominated but don't win awards can go home feeling like losers and reminded those in the audience that they aren't.
"If you are in this room, you've caught the brass ring," he said. "You've gotten to do what you've always dreamed of doing. That isn't losing."
Mr Clooney wore a "Je Suis Charlie" button on his tuxedo lapel in support of the French satirical magazine that was targeted by gunmen in France last week. He saluted the millions of people who honored the victims by marching in the street this weekend.
"They didn't march in protest," Mr Clooney said. "They marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear."
The veteran actor who moved from ER into movies was given the Cecil B DeMille Award, an honor that has gone to the likes of Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Alfred Hitchcock and, in recent years, to Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman and Robert DeNiro. He was introduced by two former co-workers, Julianne Margulies and Don Cheadle.
"You've always been very kind to me," he said, addressing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has nominated Mr Clooney in more Golden Globe categories than any person. "I thank you for keeping small films alive. Big ones do fine. It's the little ones that need an audience."
"It's a humbling thing when you find someone to love," he said, looking out at her. "Even better when you've been waiting your whole life. I'm proud to be your husband."
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"If you are in this room, you've caught the brass ring," he said. "You've gotten to do what you've always dreamed of doing. That isn't losing."
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"They didn't march in protest," Mr Clooney said. "They marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear."
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