Sigourney Weaver Gets Emotional at Venice Film Festival: 'I Just Play Women, and Women Are Strong'

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Sigourney Weaver got emotional discussing her career legacy at the Venice Film Festival. The actress, 74, is receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award during the opening night of the event in Venice, Italy.

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00:00We're all so excited about Kamala and to think for one moment that my work would have anything
00:11to do with her rise makes me very happy actually because it's true, you know, I have so many
00:17women who come and thank me, sorry, I need my vodka.
00:24I'm always asked why I play strong women and I always think, hmm, such a weird question
00:29because I just play women and women are strong and women don't give up.
00:33You know why?
00:34We can't.
00:36We have to do it.

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