“this is the american dream‘ he said excitedly Ke Huy Quanthe brand new winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his acceptance speech last Sunday the 12th to the crowded auditorium of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and those who watched the show on TV.
The boy who came with me Harrison Ford andnIndiana Jones he had finally achieved what he had fought for for decades. The road, by his own account, hasn’t been easy, and this week, in an interview with Variety, the star All in parts at the same time shared the valuable advice he received straight from another great actress loved by Hollywood: Cate Blanchett.
Ke Huy Quan assured the magazine that he still didn’t know What will your next role be?, and that he told Blanchett the same thing. “I told him I don’t know what I’m going to do now, but I feel an obligation to do something good and I don’t want to disappoint all the people who have supported me,” he said. “‘Get carried away with your heart and be irresponsible. Don’t worry about what others think. Choose something you believe in, choose something you love and things will work out,” the two-time Oscar winner replied.
Looking back on Vietnam-born Quan’s early career, this premise prevailed in their decisions. He arrived in Los Angeles after being in one refugee camp in Hong Kong when I was a child. “I didn’t have the maturity to process the sacrifices my parents made for a better future,” he said. “And as fate would have it, four years later I got a job at Indiana Jones that changed my life,” he added for the same medium.
As he delivered his emotional speech to the Oscar crowd, Quan was recognized by some as the boy who appeared in the 1984 film directed by Steven Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Steven Spielberg was the first to give Quan a film role (Picture: GETTY)
As proof that he doesn’t forget those who helped him, he took a moment to thank both Spielberg and Ford. During a commercial break during the show, he said he walked over to where the famous director was sitting with his wife, Kate Capshaw. When Spielberg saw him, he put his arms around his shoulders and reminded him: “Now you’re an Oscar winner.”.
Ke Huy Quan accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor on Sunday March 12, 2023. KEVIN WINTER – GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA
The second moment was almost accidental, as it was Harrison Ford who presented the statuette for best picture. Somehow he handed it over to his student. Quan took to the stage along with the cast and production of Everything Everywhere and Quan hugged him on stage. “I gave him a big kiss on the cheek,” he admitted to Variety.
Ke Huy Quan with the rest of the cast and crew of the film All Everywhere at the Same Time BBC Mundo
When he received his individual award for Best Supporting Actor, he left behind one of the standout moments of the evening that was later widely replicated on social media. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” he called out to the 84-year-old, who was watching from home. He later confirmed that the so-called “movie magic” wasn’t just the work of special effects. “My journey began on a ship. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow I ended up here, on the biggest stage in Hollywood,” she said through tears. “They say stories like this only come out in movies. I can’t believe this is happening to me. this is the american dream“.
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Ke Huy Quan’s speech as he was unveiled for Best Supporting Actor at the 2023 Oscars
After appearing in The Goonies in 1985, Quan quit acting because he realized there wasn’t much representation for Asian characters in Hollywood. The film Everything Everywhere Simultaneously was his return. In the film, he plays Waymond Wang, the husband of Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh’s character.
To take home the gold statuette, he beat out Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan for The Spirits of the Island, and Brian Tyree Henry for Rising.
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