Glenn Close wins the Career Achievement Award at the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
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Glenn regrets that she can't be here to accept her award in person.
But she's away celebrating another big life event.
I let her tell you about herself.
Thank you AARPs Movies for Grownups fo this wonderful, wonderful award.
I am deeply honored.
And I just want you to know that the reason why I'm not in the room with you tonight is because my first grandchil is making his debut any minute.
And since my daughter is my finest achievement in all of my lifetime, nothing can keep me from being with her.
I have been a working actor.
I am proud to say, for more than 50 years and counting.
My acting debut was on stage i New York at the original Helen Hayes Theater.
Directed by the great Harold Prince.
My movie debut was in “The World According to Garp,” directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams.
In the beginning, I was so hungry for work.
An actor can only show what she's capable of when she has a chance to act.
I have not lost that hunger, that expectation.
In fact, my hunger and belief is much deeper because I've been learning my craft for 50 years.
I'm still here, raring to go.
My life has been blesse by directors, casts, designers and crews who have challenged, inspired and supported me.
I am deeply grateful for every single one of them, especially the craft service person who gets up at 4 a.m. every working day.
We all count, every single membe of the great collaborative teams that make up the profession I've been lucky enough to be part of for so long.
We are all concerned about artificial intelligence and wondering how it will impact what we all do.
To be human is to be flawed, to be conflicted, to be capable of love and forgiveness.
I think about a moment when I was working on a movie called “Meeting Venus” in Hungary under the direction of the great István Szabó.
We were shooting a difficult scene.
It was subtle and emotional.
I was having trouble.
I couldn't get it.
I was so aware of the cre standing by watching me struggle or the minutes ticking by, the money being spent.
And I started to panic.
Just at that moment, István came up to me and whispered very gently in my ear, “Not to worry.” “We're waiting for the angel.” My panic evaporated and I was able to eventually find the moment and we moved on.
But I think about that moment a lot.
The angel is inspiration.
We all have them hovering around us.
Finding the angel is what we humans, we creative souls can do.
I am a very human, 77 year old actor.
Happy to be with you in spirit tonight and deeply grateful that with this awar you have recognized my angels.
Thank you.
[applause]