Hi, guys, how are you?
嗨,伙计们,你们好吗?
So good to see you guys, so you guys having a good night?
很高兴见到你们,你们今天晚上过得怎么样?
I have to say that it’s such an honour to be here, it is, I’m so happy to be here,
我不得不说,我很荣幸来到这里,也很高兴来到这里,
I’m like a nerd and brought my own speech but I hope it’s OK that I take this opportunity to really just spend with you guys and tell you a little bit about my story.
我像个书呆子,发表自己的演讲,但我希望能借此机会真的只是和你们一起度过并告诉您对我的故事有所了解。
I’m not an activist, I haven’t changed the world or led a campaign, I’m here to just tell you my path, so that you hopefully can take something away from it, because I don’t like being honest with -- this is a truth -- I don’t like being honest with press and interviews, I like being honest with you, directly, which is each and every one of you.
我不是激进主义者,我没有改变世界或领导一场运动,我在这里告诉你我的路,希望你们能从中有所收获,因为我不喜欢诚实-这是事实,我不喜欢面对媒体和采访诚实,我喜欢直接面对你们,也就是你们每一个人。
Because I feel like I can and I’m just going to start with the basics, so I’m 21 and my mom had, my mom had me when she was 16.
因为我觉得我可以,我要去从最基本的开始,所以我21岁,我妈妈在16岁时就生了我。
And I’m from Grand Prairie, Texas, and she worked four jobs and completely dedicated her life into making mine better.
我来自得克萨斯州大草原市,她做了四份工作,全身心地投入到让我的生活变得更好。
So, to me, she is the definition of a strong woman.
所以,对我来说,她就是女强人的定义。
And I love her so much.
而且我非常爱她。
Because she’s taught me those values so much.
因为她教会了我很多价值观的东西。
Thank you.
谢谢你。
I have been acting my entire life and I have known since I was first on Barney, you know that purple dinosaur, he’s great.
我一生都在表演,从第一次演《巴尼》就知道了,那个紫色的恐龙,他很棒。
You guys are so motivated, I feel like I can say anything!
你们让我非常有动力,我觉得我可以说任何事。
When I was eleven, the point being is that when I was seven I wanted to be an actress and I wanted to live my dream.
我七岁的时候想当演员,我十一岁的时候,我想实现自己的梦想。
And when I was eleven I had a casting director tell that I wasn’t strong enough to carry my own show.
我十一岁的时候,有个选角导演告诉我,我不够强大,不能驾驭自己的节目。
And I’m sure all of you have been told that you don’t have what it takes and you may not be good enough and you don’t have enough people supporting you and you’ve been told all of these things when deep down it’s all you want to do.
我敢肯定你们所有人都被告知你不具备成功的条件,你可能不够好,你没有足够的支持你的人,你被告知所有这些,但在内心深处都是所有你想做的。
You want to be a part of something great.
你想成为伟大事物的一部分。
You want to make something great.
你想做点很棒的事。
And it does more than not the wind out of you and crushes you when people try to tell you that you’re not good enough.
当人们试图告诉你你不够好时,它不仅会让你喘不过气来,还会让你崩溃。
And it almost did for me but there was my mom next to me stronger than ever and she said the most important thing is to always trust in myself.
我差点就崩溃了,但我妈妈在我身边,她比以往任何时候都更坚强,她说最重要的是永远相信自己。
If I have, if I’m doing something because I love it, I should do it because I love it and I believe that I can do it.
如果我做某件事,因为我喜欢它,我应该去做,因为我喜欢它,我相信我可以做到。
So she told me to keep going, thank you, she told me and she taught me to turn the other cheek and let the credits, the critics be critics, and let us just trust ourselves.
所以它告诉我要坚持,有人打你右脸,就把你的左脸给他,批评就是批评,要相信自己。