Ke Huy Quan Is First Asian Man to Win SAG Award for Film Acting: ‘This Moment No Longer Belongs to Just Me’
thewrap.com#SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/5YwEROQK69Quan, who was born in Vietnam, pointed out the other Asian and Asian-American nominees for film awards at the SAGs: his costars Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu and “The Whale” actress Hong Chau.
He continued, “When I stepped away from acting it was because there were so few opportunities. The landscape looks so different now than before.
So thank you so much to everyone in this room who contributed to these changes.”Quan finished his speech with his voice breaking, as he said, “To all those at home, who are struggling and waiting to be seen, please keep going because the spotlight will one day find you.
Thank you everyone or rooting for me. I will be rooting for you.”Quan’s victory Sunday was in addition to numerous accolades the actor has collected this season, including the Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics Award, New York Film Critics Award and National Society of Film Critics Award.He is the frontrunner to win the Oscar on March 12, where he would join Cambodian actor Haing S.
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