Michelle Yeoh Makes History at the SAG Awards
Michelle Yeoh took home the Best Actress trophy at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night, becoming the first Asian woman to win the award in history.
"I think if I speak my heart will explode," Yeoh, who stars as Evelyn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, said in her acceptance speech. "SAG- AFTRA, to get this from you who understand what it is to get here… everyone of you know the journey, the roller coaster ride, the ups and downs. But most importantly we never give up. I thank you… This is not just for me, this is for every little girl who looks like me."
"Thank you for giving me seat at the table and tonight you’ve shown us that it is possible," Yeoh added. "I’m grateful and my mom will be eternally grateful to all of you."
Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the acting awards, breaking the record for most wins for a single film at the show. Yeoh's costars Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan also took home awards, and the cast winning the top prize of the evening: Best Ensemble.
Quan became the first male Asian actor to ever win a film acting awards at the SAGs.
"This moment no longer belongs to just me, it also belongs to everyone who has asked for change," he said in his acceptance speech. "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."
The Everything Everywhere All at Once cast's acceptance speech for ensemble became something of a tribute to James Hong, the 94-year-old actor who plays Gong Gong in the film.
"I got my first SAG card 70 years ago. My first movie was with Clark Gable," Hong said. "Back in those days, I have to tell you this, the leading roles were played by these guys with their eyes taped up. And the producer said that Asians were not good enough, and they are not box office. But, look at us now, huh?"
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