Tom Hanks has a cold.

“It’s the cold that is making this happen,” the actor said at the Golden Globes on Sunday night. “I swear to god, I’m not nearly this emotional at home.”

Hanks was — somewhat tearfully — accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, given by the Globes for lifetime achievement in film. He first choked up when thanking his wife, Rita Wilson, and his children, and again toward the end of his speech.