Los Angeles, March 2 – Hollywood actor Harrison Ford recently became emotional as he delivered a heartfelt speech when he received the Life Achievement Award at the 2026 Actor Awards.
The 83-year-old actor reflected on his decades-long acting career as he accepted SAG-AFTRA's annual Life Achievement Award from his friend Woody Harrelson, according to ‘People’ magazine.
"Sometimes we create entertainment, sometimes we create art. Sometimes we're lucky enough to do both at the same time, and if we're truly fortunate, we can also make a living doing it," Ford said, as he and other actors in the room visibly became emotional during his eight-minute-long speech.
He further mentioned, "Success in this business brings a certain freedom that comes with responsibility to support each other, to lift others up when we can, to keep the door open for the next generation, for the next young person who is looking for a place to belong. I am indeed a lucky person. I am lucky to have found my people, lucky to have work that challenges me, lucky to still be doing it. And I don't take that for granted. I want to say thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart, to my peers, to my extraordinarily beautiful wife, Calista, and to my family, who have given me love and courage through it all, and thank you to SAG-AFTRA for honoring me with this award".
As per ‘People’, Ford said about his wife of over 15 years as he concluded his speech. He jokingly said, "This is very encouraging".
Ford joked at the beginning of his speech that he is "at the halfway point of his career" and noted George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and the late casting director Fred Roos, and his former manager Patricia McQueeny, for their impact on his career.
The actor, whose acting career began in the 1960s, made his breakthrough in 1973 as Bob Falfa in American Graffiti. Later that decade, Ford went on to star in George Lucas' Star Wars as Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon. In 1981, he took on the role of archaeologist Indiana Jones.