Jodie Foster Marks 10th Anniversary with Wife at Hand & Footprint Ceremony: 'Grateful for the Life We Have' 

Jodie Foster is celebrating a career milestone with her wife.

The actress, 61, got her hands and feet plastered into the ground outside the TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, April 19, during the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival.

Foster, whose acclaimed career includes films such as — Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, and most recently Nyad — received support from various friends, including Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest and wife, Alexandra Hedison, who sat in the front row.

During her heartfelt speech, Foster mentioned that it was the couple's 10-year anniversary and thanked Hedison, 54, for being "so generous" and "giving up" their special day for the event.

"Like, what are you thinking? How come you didn't say no? I love you so much, and I'm so grateful for the life we have together," said Foster.

Speaking to PEOPLE after the event, the Best Actress Oscar winner opened up about how Hedison was more than willing to adjust their anniversary plans.

"I asked her, and she was just like, 'Oh yeah, that's okay. We'll figure it out. That's okay. We'll go to dinner,'" she explains.

"We had a good day yesterday, so we kind of made it happen yesterday and then we got a whole weekend of fun things to do," she adds.

Foster says being honored at the ceremony is "amazing."

"I had no idea," she continues. "I thought it was just something for me, because it meant something to me as a kid, but I didn't realize it was such a big deal, and all my friends were like, 'Wait, what? What's happening?' So it's kind of great."

Foster tells PEOPLE her childhood home was near the theater and she would often visit the area, making the honor even more special.

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"It's kind of like that Kilroy thing we used to do. When we found wet cement somewhere, we'd do the little Kilroy, I was here, and I did," she recalls. "I mean, I grew up 10 blocks from here, so we came here a lot. We came here, and I put my little feet in the cement, and yeah, it's kind of the continuation of a tradition because the film business, for me, is my family."