英语文摘:Emma Thompson receives star on Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- British actress, comedienne and screenwriter Emma Thompson has become the latest addition to the landmark Hollywood Walk of Fame, receiving the 2,416th star in a ceremony held on Friday.

"It's so appropriate this is outside of a pub," Thompson said of her star on Hollywood Boulevard. "It's the last thing you step on before you get your first drink and the last thing you step on when you reel out."

The Oscar-winner actress, 51, dedicated her star to her late father, Eric Thompson, an English actor, writer and director. "He was a wonderful man and a great inspiration to me," Thompson noted. "He inspired me to write for children without writing for children."

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (L) and British actor Hugh Laurie (R) pose with British actress Emma Thompson who was honored for her motion picture career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Hollywood, California August 6, 2010.

Recalling that her father was taking her to the Walk of Fame when he was in Los Angeles in the 1970s to direct a production of "The Norman Conquests" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Thompson said, "We looked at all the stars and I remember being really fascinated by this, thinking, 'What a lovely thing to do, put people's names in the pavement where everyone walks about all the time.'"

"I was thrilled by that," she said.