Mark Davis/Getty ImagesHe was already a star, but Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson officially cemented his celeb status Tuesday as he imprinted his hands and feet outside the famous TCL Chinese Theatre.
The Fast and Furious actor gave a shout out to Steven Spielberg for showing up and thanked him for sending him a letter "out of the blue." He previously opened up about the letter on his Facebook page and even talked to E! News about it, but he took his honorary ceremony as another opportunity to thank the Oscar-winning director.
"This man who has inspired me over the years, inspired movie-making and created characters that I loved...this man told me: 'You're going for it, and just keep going for it,'" he said.
During his imprinting ceremony, The Rock told E!'s Jesse Giddings that his cementing ceremony was an "honor" and that he couldn't believe who turned out for it.
"I took moment to be grateful before the ceremony," he said. "I'm lucky there's Spielberg, Clint Eastwood right there, my mentors right there. It's awesome!"
Johnson didn't stay in Los Angeles too much longer, as he appeared on NBC's Today show Wednesday to talk about his career and his upcoming action-adventure movie, San Andreas. He told the morning show hosts that he feels really "lucky" to "play a guy like this."
The buff actor plays a first responder who constantly puts his life on the line for others, but then goes home and has to try and figure out his struggling relationship with his daughter. There is a scene where he has to cry on camera, which he revealed came kind of easily because he was "prepared" for it.