‘Just a mixed-race kid from Kirkby’: Stephen Graham’s powerful Emmys speech steals show

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00:00I'm just a mixed-race kid from a block of flats in a place called Kirby.

00:03So, for me, to be here today in front of my peers and to be acknowledged by you

00:09is the utmost humbling thing I could ever imagine in my life,

00:12and it shows you that any dream is possible.

00:14There's too many people to thank, but I am going to thank my friends and family.

00:18Without you, none of this is possible,

00:20and thank you for helping me, something I can't do on my own.

00:24Jack, everyone, Phil, everyone, I want to bring it to my dad

00:28for taking me to video shop when I was a kid

00:31and starting my education in film, Quarry Green Video Shop.

00:35My kids, Grace and Alfie, and my adorable wife,

00:38who I love with every ounce of my being.

00:42You are my rock, you are my world, you are my soulmate,

00:45and you know and I know without you I would be dead.