'I knew I wasn't going to make it through this speech': Steve Martin, 68, breaks down in tears over his wife and child, aged one, at Governors Awards

Angelina Jolie couldn't hold back the tears when she accepted a Humanitarian Award at Saturday evening's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Fifth annual Governors Awards in Hollywood.
Steve Martin, 68, also had a good cry.
'I knew I wasn't going to make it through this speech,' told the comedian to a packed crowd that included Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg and Harrison Ford. 'I read it to my dog this morning and wept.'

An emotional night: Angelina Jolie wasn't the only actor who teared up on Saturday night at the Governors Ball - so did Steve Martin

I get it: The weepy duo seemed to get along well at the black tie affair

Pass the Kleenex: The Jerk actor wept when he talked about how amazing his long career has been

The former Saturday Night Live stand up is usually known for keeping his private life super quiet. But while accepting his honorary Oscar, he opened up quite a bit.
The waterworks started when he talked about his family. 'My wife, Anne Stringfield, who is as beautiful as she is smart, and …' he said before breaking down.
'My wife alone would have been enough reward for my life, but now she's brought me a wonderful child,' he added then got into joke mode. 'For some mysterious reason, she really loves that child. I don't know. I don't get it.'
Steve married Anne, 41, in 2007 and they share a daughter, aged one. The actor was previously wed to actress Victoria Tennant from 1986 to 1994.

Specs appeal: Steve married Anne Stringfield - who he called 'as beautiful as she is smart' during his speech - in 2007

The Emmy winner - who is best known for his '80s hit The Jerk but has made a comeback in the past few years with The Pink Panther and It's Complicated - also got misty eyed when he discussed how much his long career has given him.
'(It's) an amazing gift that has accumulated through these decades of filmmaking that cannot be matched, something wonderful and magical and its impact on my life is profound: friends — fascinating, funny and lifelong,' he said while glancing out at the audience.
'Many of them are here in this room tonight.'
Other guests included Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Martin Short, who Steve has collaborated with in the past.
'So thank you, movies, and thank you, Academy, for this award and a glorious reminder of the true benefit I have received,' he added.

And the hits keep coming: In 2009's It's Complicated with (from left) Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Lake Bell

Tom Hanks delivered laughs when he stepped up to podium next to the Father Of The Bride star.
Instead of saying something important, the Forrest Gump actor took a selfie with the comedic legend.
'So now the class level has dropped completely,' Steve said to laughs.
Angelina, who brought fiance Brad and son Maddox to the show, also wept.
After calling Brad her 'love,' and telling him his 'support and guidance make everything that I do possible,' she then looked at her oldest son and said, 'Mad, I’m not going to cry. I promise, I won’t embarrass you. You and your brothers and sisters are my happiness and there is no greater honor in this world than being your mom.'
But cry she did when she spoke of the hundreds of refugees she has met - and helped - over the years.
'I will do as my mother asked, I will do the best I can with this life to be of use,' she said of her late mother Marcheline Bertrand.
'To stand here today means that I did as she asked and if she were alive she would be very proud, so thank you for that.'

His past: In his 1991 hit L.A. Story with wife Victoria Tennant who he divorced in 1994