Ke Huy Quan Oscar acceptance speech

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Here is what Ke Huy Quan said in his acceptance speech after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

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00:00My mom is 84 years old, and she's at home watching.

00:05Mom, I just won an Oscar.

00:09My journey started on a boat.

00:21I spent a year in a refugee camp.

00:24And somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage.

00:29They say stories like this only happen in the movies.

00:37I cannot believe it's happening to me.

00:40This, this is the American dream.

00:50Thank you so much.

00:51Thank you so much to the Academy for this honor of a lifetime.

00:55Thank you to my mom for the sacrifices she made to get me here.

00:59To my little brother, David, who calls me every day just to remind me to take good care

01:06of myself.

01:07I love you, brother.

01:08I owe everything to the love of my life.

01:12My wife, Echo, who month after month, year after year for 20 years, told me that one

01:26day, one day, my time will come.

01:32Dreams are something you have to believe in.

01:35I almost gave up on mine.

01:38To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.

01:52Thank you so much for welcoming me back.

01:55I love you.

01:56Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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