Ke Huy Quan's 2023 Oscars Speech Will Have You Crying Happy Tears

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All the universes tin present telephone Ke Huy Quan an Oscar winner.

While accepting his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Everything Everywhere All At Once prima erstwhile again delivered a heartfelt code astatine the 2023 Oscars that had america wishing helium could triumph everything, everywhere. (See the afloat database of 2023 Oscars winners here.)

"My ma is 84 years old, and she's astatine location watching. Mom, I conscionable won an Oscar!" an affectional Quan said onstage astatine the Dolby Theater. "My travel started connected a boat. I spent a twelvemonth successful a exile campy and someway I ended up present connected Hollywood's biggest stage. They accidental stories similar this lone hap successful the movies. I cannot judge it's happening to me. This, this is the American dream!"

The actor—who edged retired Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Brian Tyree Henry and Judd Hirsch—for the honor, thanked his ma "for the sacrifices she made to get maine here," his brother, who helium said "calls maine mundane conscionable to punctual maine to instrumentality attraction of myself."

From the stage, helium besides gave shoutouts to co-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh, arsenic good arsenic his Goonies co-star and "brother for life" Jeff Cohen.

"I beryllium everything to the emotion of my life, my woman Echo, who period aft month, twelvemonth aft year, for 20 years told maine that 1 day, 1 time my clip volition come," helium continued. "Dreams are thing you person to judge in. I astir gave up connected mine. To each of you retired there, delight support your dreams alive. Thank you truthful overmuch for welcoming maine back. I emotion you. Thank you, convey you, convey you."

The grant completes Quan's unthinkable awards play tally successful which fans saw him prime up trophies astatine the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards and SAG Awards. And each clip helium graced the stage, helium delivered an impassioned code that often near the assemblage successful tears. 

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"This is simply a truly affectional infinitesimal for me," Quan said Feb. 26 astatine the SAG Awards. "Recently I was told that if I was to triumph tonight, I would go the precise archetypal Asian histrion to triumph successful this category. When I heard this I rapidly realized that this infinitesimal nary longer belongs to conscionable me, it besides belongs to everyone who has asked for change."

The Oscar marks a significant accomplishment successful Quan's career, which stalled for 2 decades owed to deficiency of acting opportunities. Now, Quan—who was a kid histrion successful The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom—is surviving retired his dreams.

"Every year, I would ideate what it's similar to locomotion down the reddish carpet, to beryllium successful that room, to get nominated," helium told The Hollywood Reporter connected Jan. 23. "It's a imagination that lone existed successful my imaginativeness for the longest time."

Keep scrolling to spot much stars who won large astatine the 2023 Oscars.

Best Picture

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Directing

The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg
Tár, Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund

Best Lead Actress

Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All astatine Once

Best Lead Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
WINNER: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All astatine Once

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
WINNER: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All astatine Once

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Original Score

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
The Fabelmans

Best Sound

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness

Best Live Action Short Film

WINNER: An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It

Best Original Song

"Applause" from Tell It similar a Woman, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick, Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
"Naatu Naatu" from RRR, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
"This Is A Life" from Everything Everywhere All astatine Once, Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best Documentary Feature Film

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
WINNER: Navalny

Best Documentary Short Film

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger astatine the Gate

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl

Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss successful Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet connected the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
WINNER: The Whale

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

All Quiet connected the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography

WINNER: All Quiet connected the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All astatine Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

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