For Stephanie Hsu, an Oscar Nomination Is an Opportunity to Open Up Doors

Stephanie Hsu is a newly minted Oscar nomineeone of 11 historic nods for Everything Everywhere All at Once, the madcap multiverse epic with a primarily AAPI cast. But for the NYU Tisch graduate, this recognition from the Academy is far more than a personal milestone. Ever since I was coming up in New York, I was taught that anytime you have a voice, you have to use it for good, she says. That doesn t mean the art has to be wholesome. But you have to really know why the story is being told. Especially because I was often one of so few people who looked like me who got in through the door, I always felt like every opportunity was an opportunity to bring ten other people alongside me I will continue, always, to carry the responsibility and the beautiful chance to bring other people into the fold. I m very humbled that I get to be one of the people who does that. On this episode of In the Envelope: The Actors Podcast, Hsu takes us through the journey that got her herefrom experime