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SAGAFTRA.org | Special Issue 2018 | SAG-AFTRA 78 James Earl Jones "I want to thank my fellow actors for this great honor. A few years ago, my beloved Richard Harris and I played two fathers on a little movie based on Alan Payton's Cry, the Beloved Country. And we were quite proud of that work. And the recognition we got that year was from you … and I just want to express my appreciation for that. Mainly, I want to thank all of you for the work that you do. Once we've taken a role, we have a similar responsibility to breathe life into that character. And only the actor can do that. I love the work you do. Sometimes it simply knocks me out. But it always makes me proud to be counted as one of you. I treasure this honor, and in this gathering of gifted artists, I would like to raise a salute." 1990s 1990 Brock Peters 1991 Burt Lancaster 1992 Audrey Hepburn 1993 Ricardo Montalbán 1994 George Burns 1995 Robert Redford 1996 Angela Lansbury 1997 Elizabeth Taylor 1998 Kirk Douglas 1999 Sidney Poitier 45 th LIFE ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT, 2008