'I think that the time away and the time in between has helped me to appreciate it in a different way,' the actress told PEOPLE of her Sunday night win
The Texas-born actress thanked her parents, father Emil Erich Zellweger and mother Kjellfrid Irene Zellweger, who immigrated from Switzerland and Norway, respectively.
“[Thank you to] my immigrant folks who came here with nothing but each other and the American Dream,” she said, holding up the Oscar and adding, “How ’bout this?” Zellweger also thanked her “big brother, Drew,” before turning her speech toward Judy Garland, who never won an Oscar.“I have to say that this past year of conversation celebrating Judy Garland across generations and across cultures has been a really cool reminder that it’s our heroes that unite us now,” she said. “The best among us who inspire us to find the best in ourselves. You know when they unite us when we look to our heroes we agree and that matters.
“We agree on our teachers, and we agree on courageous men and women in uniform who serve we agree on our first responders and firefighters,” she continued. “And when we celebrate our heroes, we’re reminded of who we are as one people united.
The actress added, “Miss Garland, you are certainly among the heroes who unite and define us. And this is certainly for you. I am so grateful. Thank you so much, everybody.”and 2003’sHer transformative performance as Judy also secured her a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and British Academy Film and Television Award this past awards season.
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