Zoe Saldana: ‘I Am a Proud Child of Immigrant Parents’

EXCERPT:

SALDANA: “My grandmother came to this country in 1961. I am a proud child of immigrant parents — 

(Cheering and Applause)

— with dreams and dignity and hard-working hands, and I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the last. I hope. The fact that I’m getting an award for a role where I got to sing and speak in Spanish, my grandmother, if she were here, she would be so delighted. This is for my grandmother Argentina Sese. Thank you so much. Muchas gracias. Thank you."