Zoe Saldana in tears as she asks people to be forgiving after award win amid Emilia Perez controversy
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00:00I appreciate this recognition. I appreciate to be in this group of people. It is hard. It is very challenging to believe in something with so much conviction that you are willing to go against the grain.
00:21And sometimes the grain can betray you, because the grain can tell you that it is the right path. You believe in your heart, and you do it. And I feel like that is the path of an artist, is to believe in what you're feeling if it's coming from a place of love and purity and knowledge and education and research and hard work.
00:45Emilia was done with so much of all of those things. So on that note, I want to thank Jaco Dior for never allowing language to limit his curiosity for understanding human behavior, whether that's in Sri Lanka, that lives in an Arabic-Islamic world, or it lives in the world of Emilia Pérez.
01:12And I want to thank my cast. When we all came together, we came with all of our luggage, all of our baggage, and we put it on the table, and we just made a lot with what we had. And something really beautiful came of it, and you saw it.
01:32So I want to thank you for seeing it. Thank you so much. And if there's one thing I want to leave you with, please be abstract with your idea of redemption. Keep your minds and your hearts open, always, and keep making art and telling your truth. Please, thank you so much.