The Oscars (I) (2023 TV Special)

Jonathan Wang: Self - Winner

Quotes 

• Self - Co-Winner: Best Picture : This feels incredible. There is no movie without our brilliant and big-hearted cast and crew. But not just these beautiful souls here

  [pointing behind him] 

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Picture : , also, up there

  [pointing to the balcony] 

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Picture : and in Little Tokyo

  [pointing to the camera] 

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Picture : , we see you. So this award, it's ours. I really, it is -- it's intimidating speaking up here, let me just tell you that. I never thought I would get to say this, so I say it with one voice with all these people: thank you to the Academy. A24, thank you so much. You saw our weirdness and supported us for a year theatrically. That's incredible, thank you. To my brilliant and beautiful wife Anni, if all this shiny stuff and tuxedos goes away I would just love to do laundry and taxes with you for the rest of my life. But this is for my dad, who like so many immigrant parents died young. And he is so proud of me not because of this

  [holding forward the Oscar] 

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Picture : , but because we made this movie with what he taught me to do, which is no person is more important than profits and no one is more important than anyone else. And these weirdos right here supported me in doing that. Wang Dazhang*, memory eternal. Daniels, I don't know what to say. I love you guys. You just won Best Picture.

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Original Screenplay/Best Director/Best Picture : Hey!

  Self - Winner: Best Original Screenplay/Best Director/Best Picture : We've said enough tonight. I just want to say that, thank you so much to everyone here, you have all inspired me. I think one of the things that I realized growing up was that one of the best things we can do for each other is shelter each other from the chaos of this crazy world we live in. Thank you to the storytellers here who did that for me. The world is changing rapidly and I fear that our stories are not keeping at pace. And I, sometimes it's a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the Internet is moving at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories. These stories have changed my life. And they've done that for generations, and I know that we will get through this. Have a great night guys. Thank you so much.

  Self - Co-Winner: Best Original Screenplay/Best Director/Best Picture : Thank you and everyone have a good night. Thank you for watching.