STORY: Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman was honored on Friday (August 22) with a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, joining a tradition that celebrates a line up of the film industry’s most influential stars.

Oldman, 67, pressed his hands and shoes into wet cement outside the landmark theater, a symbolic tribute that places him alongside entertainment industry legends from Marilyn Monroe to rapper Ice Cube.

“People think of Hollywood, they think of the stars on the Boulevard and they think of the hands and the feet and the signatures in the cement," Oldman said at the ceremony.

The hand and footprint ceremonies at the TCL Chinese Theatre began in 1927 and remain one of Hollywood’s most enduring honors. Oldman was delighted that his friends and family could watch the ceremony.

“I think today, having the friends and the family here, I think it was really moving for them. I think it meant a lot to them,” he said.

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1. HANDS OF ACTOR ACTOR GARY OLDMAN PRESSING ON THE CEMENT

2. OLDMAN HOLDING HIS HANDS UP

3. GUESTS LOOKING AT THE PODIUM

4. OLDMAN HOLDING HIS HANDS UP

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, GARY OLDMAN, SAYING:

"I’m humbled and overwhelmed. I’m too aware of hundreds of talented artists that preceded me and their contributions to the world of cinema. Roughly 200 celebrities had their hands, feet and signatures were imprinted on the concrete of this beautiful picture palace."

6. GARY OLDMAN SHOES GETTING IMPRINTED ON THE CEMENT

7.VARIOUS SHOTS OF GARY OLDMAN STANDING ON THE CEMENT CUBICLE BED

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, GARY OLDMAN, SAYING:

“It’s a historic tradition that that has reached way outside of Hollywood and the U.S. I mean, people think of Hollywood they think of the stars on the Boulevard and they think of the hands and the feet and the signatures in the cement."

9. OLDMAN SIGNING THE CEMENT BED

10. GUESTS LOOKING AT THE PODIUM

11. OLDMAN SMILING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

12. OLDMAN POSING WITH ACTORS JACOB ELORDI AND KALEY CUOCO AND PRODUCER DOUGLAS URBANSKI

13. OLDMAN WITH HIS WIFE GISELE SCHMIDT

14. HANDS, FEET, AND SIGNATURE OF GARY OLDMAN ON THE CEMENT BED

15. . (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, GARY OLDMAN, TALKING ABOUT THE REACTION OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SAYING:

"They’re wonderfully underwhelmed, which is what I like about my friends and family. I’m not Sir Gary or you know the actor that did this and did that. I’m just sort of Gary. I think today, having the friends in the family here, I think it was really moving for them. I think it meant a lot to them."

16. OLDMAN POSING WITH ELORDI, CUOCO AND URBANSKI

17.VARIOUS OF GUESTS SEATED DURING THE CEREMONY

18. OLDMAN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN

19. GUESTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WALKING AROUND

20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, GARY OLDMAN, SAYING:

“I was teary eyed, I can’t believe it’s me. Like I kind of go, (SLAPS HAND) oh yeah I’m still here, is this me? It really is. Yeah, today has been a really special day in my career. I don’t know where they’re going to put me"

20. OLDMAN'S HAND AND FOOTPRINTS AND SIGNATURE ON CEMENT BED