Siblings, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell became the youngest two-time Academy Award winners when they took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for 'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie . Elish, 22 gave her advice for aspiring artists in the press room after her win for the song, which she performed earlier in the evening.
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00:00 I think it made a lot of people feel very seen and I think that's um, that can be rare, especially as a woman.
00:05 And I think that was, that really resonated and I think traveled the world.
00:10 I want everyone to be doing something that they feel passionate about and that they feel proud of
00:15 and that makes them feel like the best version of themselves.
00:18 And I don't know, I would say that you got, you got time.
00:21 I remember being 12, this, believe it or not, and seeing this like musical and sobbing my eyes out
00:28 because I was like, "Damn, I'm a failure and I'm not gonna be able to, I'm not gonna have a career."
00:32 I was 12, 12 years old and I was watching Matilda, Law and Broadway, and it was amazing.
00:37 My God, and I was bawling in the like back of nosebleeds and I was like,
00:42 "I'm never gonna amount to anything because I'm not in Matilda."
00:46 And I would just say, give yourself some time and do what you love.
00:50 And I know that's kind of easier said than done because some of us don't really know what we love.
00:55 But you'll figure it out, you'll find it.