Ke Huy Quan fought back tears as he delivered his acceptance speech for best supporting actor at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday.
Sign up for our newsletters to get GMA delivered to your inbox every morning!Academy AwardsThe"Everything Everywhere All at Once" Vietnamese-born actor joined Lara Spencer backstage after he called his big moment"the American dream."Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, March 12, 2023.
"After I won, I went up to Steven, Steven Spielberg ... who gave me my first opportunity," he said of the famed director who cast him in"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" nearly 40 years ago."And then he gave me a big hug and he says, 'Ke, you are now an Academy Award-winning actor.
"This is the ... reunion that we've been looking for," Quan told"GMA" of the moment he jumped into Ford's arms adding,"I could not contain my excitement."
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