Tom Hanks Delivers<br />Emotional Acceptance Speech<br />at 2020 Golden Globes.<br />Tom Hanks recently took to<br />the stage at the 2020 Golden Globes<br />to accept the Cecil B. DeMille Award.<br />According to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,<br />the award was bestowed upon Hanks for his “outstanding<br />contributions to the world of entertainment.” .<br />During his acceptance speech, Hanks tearfully<br />spoke about how “blessed” he was to have his family. .<br />A loving group of people who<br />have put up with me being away<br />for months and months and months<br />at a time. I can’t tell you how much<br />your love means to me, Tom Hanks, via ‘Washington Post’.<br />He then turned his attention to his fellow<br />celebrities, stressing the importance of pulling<br />motivation from the people you work with. .<br />You’re a dope if you don’t steal from everybody<br />you’ve ever worked with, and I have stolen<br />from the likes of the people who only need<br />one name, like Meryl, like Denzel, like Antonio,<br />like Meg, like Julia, Tom Hanks, via ‘Washington Post’.<br />He also named a number of screenwriters<br />and directors, including Nora Ephron,<br />Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood.<br />Hanks concluded his speech by crediting everyone he’s ever<br />worked with as “[helping] [him] get to that place” of success. .<br />Movies are made shot by shot. … Everyone has<br />to do their job to perfection, have to hit a mark<br />and have to go there … And it’s those moments<br />as an actor where everyone I have ever worked<br />with helped me get to that place, Tom Hanks, via ‘Washington Post’