Lauren Graham speaks at her Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony

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00:00Thank you so much. Cheryl, if you're nearby, my notes are in my purse, which

00:05you are holding. And this is in case I start crying, which is really likely, but

00:10for now I'll be classy and put it in here. Thank you so much. Thank you. This is

00:21just so overwhelming and so nice and the beta blocker has not kicked in. And all

00:31I want to say is just thank you. It's so moving to see so many friends and

00:36colleagues here and I just feel so proud of the work I've gotten to do and so

00:44lucky to have gotten to work with some incredible writers and showrunners

00:51whether I said your words as written or I made them my own. I would be nothing

00:57without the shows you created and the characters, the parts that you gave me to

01:03play. I want to thank the Chamber of Commerce and the Walk of Fame Committee.

01:07This was not on any bucket list I ever made, even the secret ones. And I'm just

01:16so moved and my niece just wants to know why I can't take it with me. She doesn't

01:21understand why I would have to leave my reward on the sidewalk. I'll explain. By

01:27the way, she'll be the next one up here in a few years, I predict. I want to thank

01:33Warner Brothers Television, who've really just been my home. If you're ever lost on

01:40the lot, I know literally every inch of it which I have traversed in at all hours

01:45in on foot and in a bicycle and I just truly have loved every minute high I got

01:53to spend there. I want to thank my friends who are here, my reps, Ben and

02:02Cheryl, Adam and Eddie and Rick. I want to thank my castmates. I've gotten to work with

02:08so many incredible people and I never pick a team, but I do have to say, Zucre is here.

02:15Ventimiglia? No, Padalecki? Points for Logan. Just points, just points. It's an ongoing system. It

02:32keeps, it, it, it, it isn't done yet. And I am here for lots of the incredible work I've

02:42gotten to do. Jason Kadens, thank you for Parenthood. Katie O'Brien, thank you for,

02:47where are you? Z-Sweet. It didn't get picked up, but we had a real good time. But I know that,

02:54um, you know, the, the part that has really stuck with people, um, is Lorelei and, and I just want to

03:07say a special thank you to the fans of the show who have been so dedicated and so loving and so

03:14enthusiastic and so kind. I'm so moved when you come up to me in usually at the airport bathroom and,

03:22um, and tell me how much the show is meant to you and that you've shared it with a family member and

03:27maybe passed it on to another generation. And that is another thing I could never have predicted,

03:33but to have been a part of something so special, um, it, it, in the case of, of Amy and Dan and

03:41particularly Amy, sometimes I feel we've, we share a brain and, and, and kind of, uh, have a sort of

03:50relationship where I hear what she intends when she writes. And, and that is, uh, an incredible gift

04:00from the first script and hopefully, uh, it won't be the last that I get to say those words, um, is just

04:09everything I ever wanted as an actor. So today you have given me, um, much more than I could have ever

04:16dreamed of. And I, uh, just am so thankful and grateful and to have my family here is, um, meaningful

04:26and it's very hard to get us all together, but now I know I'll just say, come see me sit on a sidewalk

04:31and they'll be there in a flash. Um, I love all of you. Thank you so much.