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I'm so happy to meet you.
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I'm so happy to meet you, too.
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Thank you for being here in person, and congratulations on the win on Critics' Choice.
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I mean, that's, that's a big deal.
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How do you feel?
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I felt really nice.
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Um, that was actually my first award, so yeah.
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Yeah.
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And, and, did you, were you, are you normally an emotional person or, did, what made you cry?
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Did you just all of a sudden, did that surprise you?
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Well, I mean, uh, how do I say this?
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Uh, I felt a lot of emotions all at once, um, and that made tears and burst.
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Yeah.
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But it was great because it was real, you know, instead of some kind of, you know, planned speech or whatever, you were just real, which I think a lot of people are responding to.
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Um, you were pinching your cheeks like you do in the movie to see if you're awake or you're dreaming.
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Is that something you are doing because it happened in the movie or did you do that before you were doing it in the movie?
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I actually did that after the movie, and when I did the movie because I actually had no idea if I was actually dreaming or not.
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Right.
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But now, now you know that you were not dreaming.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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When did you realize, oh, this is not a dream: I'm winning an award?
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I'm not sure.
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I still feel like it's a dream.
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Yeah, well, it's not.
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It's not, and you're right here right now.
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So, you're not dreaming now either.
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So, you've been acting for two years but not really - you've never done a movie.
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You've been trying to get something and then this is your first movie that you've ever done.
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Yes, that is my first movie and...
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They were looking for someone who spoke, uh, English and, and Korean, and you spoke both, and you're just so good in this movie because it's just - I mean, it's amazing to me that that was your first movie.
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I was watching it thinking how natural you were.
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Did you love doing it?
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Yeah, it was really nice.
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Yeah.
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Do you want to do another movie?
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Yeah, I want to do a bunch of other movies.
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Yeah, because it was virtual - you were, you were at home, I assume.
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Did you do something to celebrate when you won?
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Yeah, um, I had a pizza party, and, we, I bought a red carpet.
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And I'm like, I know what a red carpet is, but what is it for?
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Yeah, I think it's... I don't know why.
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I don't know.
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It started as a thing and everybody does red carpet.
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Yeah.
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You're famous now are people like, do people recognize you? Do they want selfies?
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I mean, like since of COVID, I mean, obviously I can't, but in Utah, Salt Lake City, um, I did an autograph there and that was in Sundance.
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I see, I see, and where do you live?
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Do you live here in Los Angeles?
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No, I actually live an hour away in Irvine.
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I see, I know where that is.
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Um, okay, so you've been in a movie, you won an award, but there's something else exciting that happened this year.
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Tell everybody what you did.
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I got a dog.
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You've got a doggy.
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And he came from Korea, right?
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Yes, which, which kind of gets weird because we did like a camera test to see, like, what breed he is, and it said it was an American Eskimo dog, so I'm like, but it's from Korea.
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-Anyway, he's one. -He's very cute.
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What's his name?
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His name is Cream.
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Cream because his color is kind of cream colored - I get it.
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It's a good name.
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-Is that your only pet? You have that one dog? -Yeah.
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Yeah, that's great.
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-He must be so happy because you rescued him. -Yeah, and...
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Okay.
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Um, so I noticed that you like to wear suits, but you're gonna to probably do a lot more like award shows and stuff.
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And since it's virtual, they only see the top of you.
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So, we got you something, so you'd be cozy and comfy at home, but you look good.
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So, it's sweat pants on the bottom and then it looks like you're all dressed up on top.
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Oh, thank you.
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You're welcome.
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Congratulations on the movie.
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It's called "Minari."
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It's in theaters and available on demand on digital platforms now.
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We'll be right back - Alan Kim.