I'm just gonna stand here and take this all in. Forty years. Not letting go of this. So just quickly, thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press, for giving me this honor. It's been an amazing journey and incredible fight to be here today, but I think it's been worth it.
I remember when I first came to Hollywood; it was a dream come true until I got here, because look at this face. kouyi.org I came here and was told, “you're a minority,” and I'm like, “no, that's not possible.” And then someone said to me, “You speak English!” I mean, forget about them not knowing Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Asia, India. And then I said, “Yeah the flight here was about 13 hours long so I learned.”
As time went by... I turned 60 last year, and I think all of you women understand this, as the days, the years, and the numbers get bigger, it seems like opportunities start to get smaller as well. And it was probably at a time when I thought, “Well, come on girl, you've had a really, really good run. You worked with some of the best people: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Danny Boyle, so it's good. It's all good.” Then along came the best gift: Everything Everywhere All at Once.
I love you. I was given this gift of playing this woman who resonated so deeply with me and with so many people. Because at the end of the day, in whatever universe she was at, she was just fighting, fighting for love for her family.
And this is for all the shoulders that I stand on, all who came before me who looks like me, and all who are going on this journey with me forward. So thank you for believing in us. Thank you.
I'm just gonna stand here and take this all in. Forty years. Not letting go of this. So just quickly, thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press, for giving me this honor. It's been an amazing journey and incredible fight to be here today, but I think it's been worth it.
I remember when I first came to Hollywood; it was a dream come true until I got here, because look at this face. kouyi.org I came here and was told, “you're a minority,” and I'm like, “no, that's not possible.” And then someone said to me, “You speak English!” I mean, forget about them not knowing Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Asia, India. And then I said, “Yeah the flight here was about 13 hours long so I learned.”
As time went by... I turned 60 last year, and I think all of you women understand this, as the days, the years, and the numbers get bigger, it seems like opportunities start to get smaller as well. And it was probably at a time when I thought, “Well, come on girl, you've had a really, really good run. You worked with some of the best people: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Danny Boyle, so it's good. It's all good.” Then along came the best gift: Everything Everywhere All at Once.
I love you. I was given this gift of playing this woman who resonated so deeply with me and with so many people. Because at the end of the day, in whatever universe she was at, she was just fighting, fighting for love for her family.
And this is for all the shoulders that I stand on, all who came before me who looks like me, and all who are going on this journey with me forward. So thank you for believing in us. Thank you.
