Okay, I'm just going to stand here and take this all in 40 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.
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, as I just turned, 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 I probably was at a time where I thought, well, hey, come on, girl, you had a really,
really good run.
You worked with some of the best people, Steven Spielberg, Jim Cameron and Danny Boyle.
And so it's good.
It's all good.
Then along came the best gift, everything, everywhere.
All at once.
Shut up, please.
I can beat you up, okay?
And that's serious.
And I thank you, A24, Leyline, for believing in these two goofy, insanely smart, wonderful
geniuses, the Daniels, who had the courage, who had the courage to write about a very
ordinary immigrant, aging woman, mother, daughter, who was the worst thing trying to do her audit.
She was being audited by the IRS, played by the most amazing Jamie Lee Curtis.
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 without Evelyn Wong was no one without Kee Kwe Kwan, Raymond Wong, and there was
no joy in her life without Stephanie Hsu, the most amazing Stephanie Hsu, and my hard
dog lover, Jamie Lee Curtis.
To Jonathan Wong, my producer, thank you for being there with us every step of the way.
My managers, David Unger and Kit Wong, who believed in me.
And this is also 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.
Thank you so much.