Jennifer Lopez Emotionally Accepts Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards

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Presented the award by host Vanessa Hudgens, Lopez's accomplishments were listed in full before a medley of her best moments from the ultimate multi-hyphenate's 30-year-long career in TV, film, music and fashion, flashed across the screen.

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Wearing a black corset-topped gown by Monot, Lopez accepted the honor by first thanking her fans.

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"Thank you. Thank you. I love you so much," Lopez gushed. "You know, I look at those movies and I see all the wonderful people that I've been blessed to know and to work with.

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You're only as good as the people that you work with and if you're lucky, they make you better. And I have been very lucky in that regard."

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She continued, "As an actor, I am not any of the women that I played but there is a part that is deeply true to me and each one of the characters,

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and since you cannot create truth unless you really lived it, I have a different kind of list of thank-yous tonight."

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