“This counts a lot for me since there are hundreds of film festivals in the world but there is only one Cannes (…) It is an incredible honor”, he added.
“Age is weighing on me,” joked the 78-year-old American interpreter. “Looking back at my 55-year (career), he asked me how I’ve been able to last so long,” he said, adding that “we work as hard for our failures as for our successes.”
To Cannes and all of France, I would like to embrace you from the bottom of my heart
This festival “reminds us (…) that cinema transcends limits and unites borders,” he said.
“To Cannes and all of France, I would like to embrace you from the bottom of my heart,” he said in French, before Uma Thurman presented him with the award.
Before the actor appeared on stage, a video recalled some of his most emblematic roles, such as Fatal Attraction (1987), basic instinct (1992) or A day of fury (1993).