演讲文本

I always had a place to go back and technically I wasn't a homeless comedian

我总都地方可以回 我并不是一个无家可归的喜剧演员

I was still a student trying to be a comedian

我仍是一个想当喜剧演员的学生

And Emerson College let me do that

爱默生学院给了我这个机会

and nobody's more stunned than I was when I graduated

我竟然能毕业 没人比我自己更吃惊了

You know, this is the first time in my life I had ever finished anything

这是我这一生中首次完成某项成就的

And I had to believe I could graduate college, oh my god, I could do anything

这让我相信 连大学都能毕业 还有什么做不了的呢

So what I want to do now is try to pass on to you

下面我想跟大家分享

some of the things I've learned about show business

脱口秀表演业中我所学到的

Here are 20 rules in no particular order

二十条规则 排名不分先后

First rule pool of show business

脱口秀表演业第1条规则

Try not to get a regular job

不要去做常规工作

When you have a regular job, you wind up acting like regular people

如果去做常规工作 你最后就会沦为普通人

And if you graduate from here, you're not a regular person

要知道 从这里毕业的 都不是普通人

Regular people have day jobs so they could pay for stuff

普通人有常规工作 有钱可以支付账单

and paying for stuff means you have to go to work

要支付账单就意味着你要去工作

and going to work means you'll have to skip the audition for the

要去工作就意味着没时间参加试演

part your friend got instead of you who is now a big star

这就意味着失去了当大明星的机会

Number two

第2条

Once you leave here, it'll take about four years to break into show business

毕业后大约还需要四年才能真正进入脱口秀表演业

think of that as your graduate school

把这当成是读研究生

You'll learn which agents are crooks

你将了解哪些经纪人是混蛋

you'll learn which are nice people

哪些是善良的人

you'll get rejected, you'll be liked too

有人会否认你 有人会喜欢你

You know, one casting director told me I could never work on television

有一个选角导演告诉我 我永远上不了电视

because I had a face that would frighten children

因为我长着一张会把小孩吓坏的脸

So he suggested that I get my jaw realigned

他建议我去整一下下巴

and sent me to this plastic surgeon that he knew

还给我引荐了他相熟的整形医生

and the surgeon said, yes, yes, we can fix your jaw

这位医生说 我们可以修正你的下巴

We'll have to break your jaw and then rehang it

首先要把它敲下来 然后再连上去

and you'll be out of commission for a while, you will not be able to talk

你将需要休息一段时间 有一段时间不能说话

I said, well, how long will I not be able to talk. He said about a year

我问要休息多久 他说大概一年

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

杰·雷诺是美国脱口秀主持人，从1992年至2009年一直在NBC电视台主持脱口秀《杰·雷诺今夜秀》，而期间该节目一直保持着高收视率，甚至位于每周收视榜首。本视频是杰·雷诺在母校爱默生学院的毕业演讲，他讲到了自己从一文不名成长为全美顶尖喜剧明星的过程，并给学生提出了20点建议。