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In this image released by NBC, George Clooney accepts the
Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan.
11, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC,
Paul Drinkwater)
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George
Clooney accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Golden Globes Sunday by honouring
others — his Hollywood colleagues, his new wife and millions who marched in the
wake of attacks in France last week.
AP reports the
veteran actor who moved from "ER" into movies was given the Cecil B.
DeMille Award, an honour that has gone to the likes of Walt Disney, Bob Hope,
Alfred Hitchcock and, in recent year, 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 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
newlywed actor's wife, Amal Alamuddin, watched from the audience.
"It's
a humbling thing when you find someone to love," Clooney said, looking out
at her. "Even better when you've been waiting your whole life."
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."
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 honoured the victims by marching in the
street this weekend.
"They didn't march in
protest," Clooney said. "They marched in support of the idea that we
will not walk in fear."
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