2022 SAG Awards: Helen Mirren Makes a 'Sag' Joke as She's Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
28.02.2022 - 05:23
/ etonline.com
Dame Helen Mirren is a SAG Life Achievement Award.The 76-year-old actress was honored with the awards at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday, after a career retrospective and a glowing introduction from Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett.«Lifetime achievement? It sounds so grand. I guess I am still alive, so I am eligible,» Mirren said as she accepted her award. «But honestly, any achievement that I've succeeded in, is a result of my mantra, which is basically, be on time and don't be an ass.»«I hate to say the word 'sag' at my age, it's always S.A.G. for me,» she joked as she thanked her fellow guild members. «Of course, we know it takes a myriad of people to make a drama… but now, it is the actors I address,» she continued, naming performers she's admired, past and present. «I joined a tribe of rogues and vagabonds years ago, and it is you, you actors, that I want to thank, for you wit and humor.
I've laughed my whole life, honestly… Together we laugh, we weep, we worry, we change clothes, we throw up and we suffer diarrhea. Don't you? I do.» «This is for the actors,» she concluded. «Thank you.»Dame Helen Mirren has been named the 57th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the Life Achievement Award.
Watch as she explains what receiving the award means to her. The 28th Annual @SAGawards airs live Sunday, Feb. 27 on @tntdrama and @TBSNetwork.
pic.twitter.com/uGPO4h1klfSAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher sang Mirren's praises when she announced the honor last November. “Dame Helen Mirren is quite simply a brilliant and luminous talent. Her work runs the gamut of characters from a not-so-retired CIA super-killer and a ruthless Russian spy handler to a Hungarian cleaning lady and the most exquisite Elizabeth II,” she said.