BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder were given the Humanitarian Award by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) last week at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Roberts and Moder, who are raising three children, worked on HBO’s Emmy-winning AIDS drama The Normal Heart.

Roberts apologized to the “men folk” in the audience that her “hot husband” was unable to attend, according to On Top Magazine.

“I totally get it,” she said. “And your hopes were placed properly.”

She said that the recognition made her feel a bit like a “fraud,” because “there’s so much power and conversation that goes on in this room separate from us” and that she serves merely to point to the good works of others, according to On Top.

“I want to energetically just pour my heart out to all the mothers of all the children who have ever suffered from this kind of bullying and this kind of injustice. You just want to go in there and beat the shit out of them,” she joked. “And you can’t, because then there’s the second wave of bullying.”

A humanitarian, Roberts said, “is a person who brings attention to the welfare and good works of others, so in that regard we are all that.”

“What is the point if not to be kind and unconditional in our love and generosity toward one another? What is the point of a day that doesn’t have some kind of positive feeling?” she added.

Also honored were NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt, who received the group’s Chairman Award, and Dancing with the Stars‘ Derek Hough, who received the group’s Inspiration Award.

GLSEN works to create a safe space in schools for children who are or may be perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.