Ke Huy Quan accepted the award for finest supporting actor with a robust speech on the Golden Globes on Jan. 10. The actor was honored for his position in “Every little thing In all places All at As soon as,” and he gave a particular shout-out to Steven Spielberg, who gave him his first massive position in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”

“I used to be raised to always remember the place I got here from, and to all the time keep in mind who gave me my first alternative. I’m so glad to see Steven Spielberg right here tonight,” he mentioned. “After I began my profession as a baby actor in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,’ I felt so very fortunate to have been chosen,” he mentioned. Nevertheless, in later years, his profession slowed. “As I grew older, I began to marvel if that was it, if that was simply luck. For thus a few years, I used to be afraid I had nothing extra to supply,” he mentioned. “It doesn’t matter what I did, I might by no means surpass what I achieved as a child. Fortunately, greater than 30 years later, two guys considered me. They remembered that child, they usually gave me a chance to attempt once more. Every little thing that has occurred since has been unbelievable.” He went on to thank “Every little thing In all places” administrators Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. “Thanks a lot for serving to me discover my reply,” he mentioned. “You could have given me greater than I may have ever hoped.”

Quan performed Indiana Jones’s sidekick Quick Spherical in 1984’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” and in addition starred in “The Goonies” in 1985. Nevertheless, alternatives stagnated for him after these roles. “I really like performing and I could not get a job. Hollywood did not need me. There have been no roles for me so I spent nearly all of my time in my late teenagers and early 20s simply ready for the telephone to ring and it hardly ever rang,” Quan instructed The Hollywood Reporter on Jan. 9. “I had no alternative however to step away and the troublesome half was to say goodbye to the dream that I all the time wished nevertheless it was simply troublesome to be an Asian actor at the moment.”

“Every little thing In all places All at As soon as” marks Quan’s first nomination and win on the Golden Globes. Quan performed Michelle Yeoh’s compassionate husband, Waymond Wang, and his efficiency has already gained him awards from the Gotham Awards, Nationwide Society of Movie Critics, the Los Angeles Movie Critics Affiliation, and New York Movie Critics Circle.

Watch the speech above.