We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.