Michelle Yeoh Gives Empowering Speech at Kering Women in Motion Awards 2023
“I am holding the door open for you. We will never let it be closed again,” says the Oscar winner.
Actress, producer, and winner of an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh is known for challenging stereotypes through her works, and she’s never afraid to touch on topics like diversity, racism and ageism. Most recently, the artist was presented the 2023 Women in Motion Award by Kering and Festival de Cannes. At the ceremony, she dedicated her acceptance speech to “every little girl with big dreams, for the young woman paving her way, for every woman my age breaking out of every box she had been placed in.”
“Art moves like water, capable of causing great beauty, great terror and great change. I have watched the currents throughout my entire career and I am watching the tides turn now. For too long, we as women have been left out of rooms and conversations. We have been told the door is closed to us. Well, Virginia Woolf once said, ‘There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind,’” said Michelle Yeoh. “I am holding the door open for you. We will never let it be closed again.”
