HAVE BROUGHT ME HERE TO YOU. >> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO -- >> KE HUY QUAN. >> KE HUY QUAN MADE HIS BIG SCREEN DEBUT IN "INDIANA JONES AND THE ITEMTEMPLE OF DOOM" AND HOLDS A DEGREE IN CINEMATIC
ARTS. ARTS.
HE'S WORKED AT A STUNT DIRECTOR. HE'S WORKED AT A STUNT DIRECTOR.
>> OH, MY GOD! THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY MOM IS 84 YEARS OLD.
AND SHE'S AT HOME WATCHING. AND SHE'S AT HOME WATCHING. MOM, I JUST WON AN OSCAR! MY JOURNEY STARTED ON A BOAT. I SPENT A YEAR IN A REFUGEE CAMP. AND SOMEHOW, I ENDED UP HERE ON HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST STAGE. THEY SAY STORIES LIKE THIS ONLY HAPPEN IN THE MOVIES. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING TO ME.
THIS -- THIS IS THE AMERICAN THIS -- THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ACADEMY FOR THIS HONOR OF A LIFETIME. THANK YOU TO MY MOM FOR THE SACRIFICES SHE MADE TO GET ME HERE. TO MY LITTLE BROTHER WHO CALLS ME EVERY DAY JUST TO REMIND ME TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF, I LOVE YOU, BROTHER. THANK YOU TO KEN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO A-24. TO DANIEL, JONATHAN, JAMIE, MICHELLE, AND MY "GOONIES" BROTHER FOR LIFE, JEFF COHEN.
I OWE EVERYTHING TO THE LOVE OF I OWE EVERYTHING TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY WIFE ECHO, WHO -- WHO MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR 20 YEARS TOLD ME THAT ONE DAY, ONE DAY MY TIME WILL COME. DREAMS ARE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN. I ALMOST GAVE UP ON MINE.
TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, PLEASE TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME BACK.
I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
