MUMBAI: The 59th San Sebastian International Film Festival has honoured actress Glenn Close with the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award.The award was handed to her by director Rodrigo Garcia.
 
"It‘s a spectacular career that speaks for itself with some characters that have become historic," Garcia said in his introduction of Close. After receiving the award, Close has been quoted in a remark, "This is the first lifetime achievement award I‘ver received. And what I am thinking of is the army of people I have collaborated with over the course of my career. They have inspired me, challenged me."
 
Calling actors the "alien nation," Close said that actors make people believe. "Everyone wants to believe something. And we can remind people how connected we are. That, to me, is a priviledge. I pledge to continue to find stories that I hope you will love and characters that you can find a common thread of humanity with."
 
Talking to reporters about her work in Rodrigo Garcia‘s film Albert Nobbs, Close recounted how difficult it was to find work as an over-35 woman in Hollywood. Incidentally, the actress has written, produced and starred in the film.