Ke Huy Quan is still on cloud 9 since winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The 51-year-old posed with his Oscar for the cover story of Variety, one day after his big win.
The star shared the poignant advice Cate Blanchett gave him during a recent event.
‘I attended an event recently and sat next to Cate Blanchett. I told her that I don’t know what I’m going to do next, but I feel I have a responsibility to do something good, and that I don’t want to disappoint all the people that have support me.’
‘And she said, “Just go with your heart and be irresponsible: Don’t worry about what other people think. Choose something that you believe in, choose something that you love, and things will work out.'”
The latest: Ke Huy Quan is still on cloud 9 since winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once
The star shared the poignant advice Cate Blanchett gave him during a recent event.
Ke does not have any projects lined up at the moment but previously wrapped two series American Born Chinese and Loki season two, as well as the movie The Electric State.
‘I had a conversation with my agent. I’m so worried that this is only a one-time thing,’ he said.
The star spoke to Variety one day after his win, speaking out about how he used to sometimes feel frustrated by his wife Echo’s optimism that his career would pick up.
He went to an open casting call to play Indiana Jones’ sidekick Short Round, which he went on to play in the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – serving as his screen debut.
After, he played a role in The Goonies as Data, then only book small bits in a handful of projects including It Takes a Thief in 1986, Passenger in 1987, Breathing Fire in 1991, Encino Man in 1992, Red Pirate in 1886, Second Time Around in 2002, Finding ‘Ohana in 2021 – despite countless auditions and going to USC film school and developing projects.
In 2000, he served as an Assistant fight choreographers and translator for X-Men, an Assistant on The One in 2001 and an Assistant Director in 2046 in 2004.
He landed the role of Waymond Wang in 2022 for Everything Everywhere All At Once, which ended up earning him a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and an Oscar.
He said in the Variety story that Echo would tell him every month for the past twenty years: ‘Trust me, your time will come.’
Well deserved: The 51-year-old posed with his Oscar for the cover story of Variety, one day after his big win
In character: He landed the role of Waymond Wang in 2022 for Everything Everywhere All At Once, which ended up earning him a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and an Oscar
‘At times, I was frustrated with her. I told her, “You keep saying that, and it’s never going to happen.” I didn’t believe it. Twenty years isn’t a short time.’
Ke never blamed anyone for his lack of roles over the last twenty years, telling the outlet: ‘I was taught never to blame anybody. If something doesn’t go the way you want, it’s either because you didn’t work hard enough, you weren’t good enough or you didn’t try hard enough.’
‘So when I couldn’t get a job, I blamed myself; I thought I wasn’t tall enough, I wasn’t good-looking enough, or I wasn’t a good enough actor because I wasn’t classically trained.’
‘I never blamed anybody – even to this day.’
He said he still was processing the win, 24 hours after his name was called at the Oscars.
Real life: He said he still was processing the win, 24 hours after his name was called at the Oscars; seen on Sunday, March 12 at the Vanity Fair Oscars party
Reunion: He was presented the Oscar by Harrison Ford himself, his co-star in Indiana Jones, which really made it all full circle for him; seen Sunday, March 12 at the Oscars in LA
‘When I woke up, I took a minute or two wondering whether this was a dream. But I’ve been doing that a lot lately, because so many things have happened this past year and it feels surreal.’
He was presented the Oscar by Harrison Ford himself, his co-star in Indiana Jones, which really made it all full circle for him.
‘I ran up onstage, I pointed at him and he pointed back at me and I gave him a hug. I just couldn’t help myself.,’ he said.
‘I just want to shower this man with all my love. I gave Harrison a big kiss on the cheek.’
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