Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday at the age of 103, his son Michael told PEOPLE
The actor had moving words for his audience as he accepted the award and reflected on his life.
“A very touching evening for me. You know several weeks ago I was in a helicopter crash,” he said, before joking, “They say at such moments your life flashes before you like a movie. I was knocked out, I didn’t see anything.”The actor continued, “At the beginning I was like Champion, trying to punch my way to success. You see, it was easy for me to say a line like, ‘I don’t want to be a — hey you — all my life. I don’t want to hear people calling me Mr.
“Looking back, I realized I was much more successful when I forgot about being a hit,” Douglas said. “When I became immersed in the life of a slave struggling for freedom, a tormented artist fighting to express himself, an artist, by the way, who never knew success in his lifetime.” “For years, I proclaimed loudly that a movie must be good entertainment, no messages for me, but I’ve changed. It must in some small way touch and improve humanity,” he said. Catherine Zeta-Jones joins her father-in-law Kirk Douglas on stage to present the award for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture!
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