Harrison Ford Shows Appreciation For George Lucas In Lifetime Achievement Award Speech At The Actors' Awards
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Indiana Jones and Star Wars legend, Harrison Ford, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Actor Awards for his long and illustrious career. Ford has portrayed iconic heroes, including Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Rick Decard, and Dr. Richard Kimble, and he used his viral acceptance speech to acknowledge everyone who helped him get to this point. The actor admitted that things weren’t always so easy for him, and he struggled for many years to find his footing in the industry. He credited George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg for helping him break through, and admitted, “I was not an overnight success. I struggled for about 15 years going from acting jobs to carpentry and back to acting until I finally got a part in a wildly successful film… None of this happened on my own. Thank you, George Lucas. Thank you, Steven Spielberg.”
Ford was gracious towards his fellow actors and recalled feeling lost in college before he found people with the same passion as him. He revealed that “In my third year of college, I was a little lost. I was failing at school. I felt isolated. Alone. And then I found a company of people putting on plays. Storytellers. People I once thought were misfits and geeks turned out to be my people. I found a calling, a life in storytelling. An identity, in pretending to be other people.” Harrison Ford’s emotional speech went viral quickly and received an outpouring of appreciation from his Star Wars and Indiana Jones fandom, who have adored him throughout his career. He insists that he is not done yet, but “I’m indeed a lucky guy. Lucky to have found my people, lucky to have work that challenges me, lucky to still be doing it.”
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Sources: Star Wars Holocron, Netflix, Lucasfilm
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