Connery Collects Cinema's Top Honor
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Friday, June 09, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - Scottish star Sean Connery was thrilled to be honored with The American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award last night, especially when comedian Mike Myers appeared sporting a kilt as a tribute.
The legendary James Bond actor arrived at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre to collect the gong as a galaxy of stars, including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford cheered him on.
Connery told the crowd, "I got my big break when I was five years old, and it's taken more than 70 years to realize it.
"At five I learned to read, and I would not be standing here without the books, plays and scripts."
Myers quipped, "Men want to be him, women want him, and in my case I both want to be him and want him."
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