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S46 Ep16: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2019 | Clip

Shirley MacLaine’s Acceptance Speech

Shirley MacLaine accepts her Career Achievement Honor for her remarkable career comprising more than 50 feature films highlighted by an Academy Award® win and six nominations, seven Golden Globe® Awards — including the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement — and six Emmy® Award nominations.

Hosted by Tony Award-winning actor and comedian Martin Short, Great Performances – Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP The Magazine premieres nationwide Friday, February 15 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will be available to stream beginning February 16 on pbs.org/moviesforgrownups and PBS apps.

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TRANSCRIPT

TRANSCRIPT

(audience applauding) - Come and get it, baby.

(soft orchestra music) (crowd cheering and applauding) - You can sit.

First I wanna tell you, I treasure you, Kathy.

I treasure what a great, great actress you are.

I wanna work with you again, but I wanna be the star.

(audience laughing) Nothing.

And I thought, what can I tell this wonderful group about this incredible life I've had that would maybe help them.

And here's what it is.

I did so much traveling alone.

I was following my curiosity and following my sense of wanting to learn.

Yes, about other people but probably more about myself.

That's why I think all this happened to me and in terms of my creativity because I was creating life as I went along.

And I came to honestly believe that Shakespeare is right.

Life is a stage and we're all these people on it.

(audience applauding) Wait a minute, I just leave you with one more thing.

I'm thinking about bending over and picking up this frigging award.

(audience laughing) This wonderful award.

Thank you.

(audience applauding and soft orchestra music)