Ke Huy Quan wins Best Supporting Actor Everything, everywhere, all at once gave the Oscars an early emotional high.
After a standing ovation, Quan fought back tears as he discussed his journey from Vietnam to the Oscars stage. A child actor in films like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom And The GooniesQuan recounted how he almost gave up on his dream of returning to acting after finding roles difficult for more than two decades.
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“My mother is 84 years old and watches at home,” he said in his speech. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!”
He added: “My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow ended up here on the biggest stage in Hollywood. It is said that such stories only exist in movies. I can’t believe this is happening to me. This, this is the American dream.”
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He said: “Thank you to the Academy for this honor of a lifetime. Thank you to my mother for the sacrifices you made to get me here, to my little brother David who calls me every day to remind me to take care of myself. He also thanked the cast of Everything Everywhere and A24, as well as his “Goonies brother for life,” Jeff Cohen.
He also said that he “owes everything to the love of my life,” his wife Echo, “who for 20 years, month after month, year after year, told me that one day my time would come.” to believe. I almost gave up on mine. To all of you, please keep your dreams alive.
Source: Deadline
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