Jackie Chan receives an honorary Oscar for his film career

 Jackie Chan receives his honorary Oscar: "Thanks to Hollywood for teaching me so much"

The Hollywood Academy has made the "dream" of Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan come true this Saturday by awarding him an honorary Oscar during an evening full of stars, many of whom will soon fight for one of those statuettes at the 89th edition of the grand prizes of the cinema.

"I don't believe it, this really is a dream," Chan managed to say when he picked up his Oscar from comedian Chris Tucker (his partner in the Rush Hour saga) on the stage of the Ray Dolby Ballroom, a room adjacent to the Dolby Theater Los Angeles, before more than 1,000 spectators.

 It was Tom Hanks who was in charge of presenting the winner, equating him with mythical figures in the industry such as Buster Keaton or John Wayne for his charisma and physical condition.

"It's an honor. I remember when I saw the Oscars and my mother told me when I would win one.

 I answered that I only made action movies... And look, 23 years later, here I am," recalled the 62-year-old interpreter, accompanied at his table by Tucker, Owen Wilson, Brett Ratner, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzeneger and Jeffrey Greenberg.

 "I remember being at Stallone's house and seeing an Oscar. I saw it and smelled it until I said to myself: I want one! Two hundred movies and as many broken bones later, I have done it," Chan said.

"I want to thank Hong Kong and China. I'm proud to be from there. And thanks to Hollywood for teaching me so much and making me something famous," said the martial arts specialist, who has made history with the international screening of Hong Kong films. the.

Officially dubbed the Governors Awards, honorary statuettes were also presented to editor Anne V. Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman during the ceremony.