Keanu Finally Makes It As A Star

Keanu ReevesKeanu Reeves can rest easy now, safe in the knowledge that he's made it.

The Matrix star is the latest actor to be given a star on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood.

Keanu can now feel pleasure at people walking all over him after attending the ceremony which saw his star being laid on the famous piece of pavement.

The 40-year-old actor thanked his mother, who turned up to support him as he graciously accepted the honour.

"When I was 15 years old and a kid in Canada, I was doing a play called Romeo and Juliet...

"I asked my mum if it was OK to be an actor. She said: 'Whatever you want.' So thanks mum," he said.

Keanu's star on the pavementHe told the crowd gathered on the pavement how he opted for an acting career after growing up in New York and Toronto:

"Hollywood was calling," he said.

"So I got in my car, a 1969 British racing green Volvo - holes in the floor, bricks holding up the seats. I was a young man full of hopes and dreams."

Reeves has enjoyed enormous success as a result of playing Neo in The Matrix trilogy but his other notable films include Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, My Own Private Idaho, Speed and more recently Something's Gotta Give.