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Barbra Streisand received a Lifetime Achievement Award and was named Best Woman at the 2024 SAG Awards.
Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper attended the ceremony, and Streisand received a standing ovation from the audience.
Her emotional speech even left stars like Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone teary-eyed as they listened from the audience.
Streisand joked, “This is a really great award because you know in advance that you’re going to win it and you don’t have to sit there and squirm.”
She continued, “Thank you to SAG-AFTRA. I’m so proud to have been a member for over 60 years. It’s just incredible.”
Speaking frankly about her decision to pursue an acting career, she said: “That pretend world was so much more fun than anything I was experiencing. I didn’t like reality. I wanted to be in the movie even though I knew I couldn’t be in it.”
She recalled: “I’m truly honored to be in this profession. People think of the theater as an escape from their troubles for a few hours. What an idea! To move images on a screen. “I can’t help but think back to the people who built this industry. Ironically, they were running away from their own problems.”
The 81-year-old also cited film industry giants like Samuel Goldwyn and Warner Bros. who changed their Jewish names due to discrimination.
“They all fled the prejudice they faced in Eastern Europe because of their religion. And they dreamed of loving all of us here tonight. And now I… “I dream of a world where such prejudices disappear,” she said. past. “
