It's common for the winners of the Cecil B. DeMille Award to walk down memory lane discussing their numerous career highlights. But actress Jane Fonda took a different tack when she accepted the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the #GoldenGlobes .
“We are a community of storytellers, aren’t we?” Jane Fonda said while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the #GoldenGlobes . “And in turbulent, crisis-torn times like these, storytelling has always been essential.” Here’s a transcript of her speech:
The 83-year-old was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 78th annual #GoldenGlobes and delivered an impassioned speech about elevating all voices.
It's common for the winners of the Cecil B. DeMille Award to walk down memory lane discussing their numerous career highlights. But actress Jane Fonda took a different tack when she accepted the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the #GoldenGlobes .
Golden Globes 2021: Jane Fonda Bags The Cecil B. deMille Award; LIST of Winners
Jane Fonda received the Cecil B. DeMille Award during Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony and used the moment to champion diversity in Hollywood.
“We are a community of storytellers, aren’t we?” Jane Fonda said on Sunday night, while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes.
Read Jane Fonda's full Golden Globes 2021 speech for Cecil B. DeMille Award
"There’s a story we’ve been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in this industry. The story about which voices we respect and elevate and which we tune out." -- Jane Fonda accepting the HFPA's Cecil B. DeMIlle Award
Beautiful and inspiring speech at tonight’s #GoldenGlobes by this years Cecil B Demille award winner @Janefonda We love you warrior!
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Congrats to Tom Hanks for winning the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the #GoldenGlobes
There's no crying in baseball, but there is crying during acceptance speeches. Tom Hanks receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award at The #GoldenGlobes .
Tom Hanks received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in film at the #GoldenGlobes . Last year, @taffyakner interviewed him and found that he's exactly as nice as you think he is. Her story is one that makes you feel better.
Watch @Oprah 's full Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the 75th #GoldenGlobes . #TIMESUP
#GoldenGlobes: @Oprah makes history tonight as the first black woman to win the Cecil B. DeMille award.
Oprah is the first Black woman to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the #GoldenGlobes .
A night of firsts at the #GoldenGlobes ... • Sterling K. Brown: first black actor to win for leading performance in a TV drama. • Aziz Ansari: first Asian male actor to win best leading performance in a TV comedy. • Oprah: first black woman to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award.
"In 1982 Sidney received the Cecil B. Demille Award right here at the Golden Globes and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this same award." - Oprah Winfrey
The expectations were high that Oprah Winfrey would give a powerful speech when she accepted the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Well, she delivered.
Viola Davis gives Meryl Streep quite the introduction in presenting her the Cecil B. Demille Award#GoldenGlobes
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