杨紫琼在哈佛法学院毕业典礼上演讲：当机会来临时，要全力以赴
当地时间5月24日，著名华人影星、2023年奥斯卡最佳女主角获得者杨紫琼作为演讲嘉宾出席哈佛大学法学院的毕业典礼。在此前接受采访时，杨紫琼表示，她的父亲是一名律师，这也使得这项邀请更具意义：“能够在哈佛法学院2023届学生的毕业典礼上演讲，我感到非常荣幸。”在演讲中，杨紫琼分享了她的个人成长和演义经历，并给到毕业生们三点建议：保持松弛（stay loose），知道自己所能所不能（know your limits），找到自己的团队（find your people）。
YALIPUB给毕业生的3条人生建议
文 / 杨紫琼
首先，让我对今天在场的所有家长、伴侣以及毕业生们表示祝贺。
你们知道，我不是一名律师，也不曾在荧幕上扮演过律师，为什么他们会邀请我在你们人生中如此关键的时刻做演讲呢？
我想可能是因为我在职业生涯中学到了一些经验，值得与你们分享。
我有三个建议和大家分享。
第一个建议
stay loose
（保持松弛）
我出生于马来西亚，我的旅程始于我对舞蹈的热爱，而不是表演。我从小就知道我的天赋在于通过舞蹈来表达自己。
我日以继夜地训练，不断钻研这门艺术的各个方面，并且来到英国的一所艺术学校，开始我的逐梦之旅。
然而，生活总是充满意外，我的脊柱受伤了，不得不放弃舞蹈，转修与舞蹈相关的艺术课程。
我要感谢我当时学校的校长，她鼓励我对未来保持乐观。
她告诉我，当人们遇到挫折时往往会变得紧张，但事实上，最安全的方式，是保持轻松，甚至对周围不断变化的世界充满好奇。
获得了创意艺术学位，我回到了家乡，更加开放地面对一切可能性。这种认识，也让我获得了更多的选择自由。
我来到香港，开始拍广告，最终进入电影行业成为一名演员。
我的第二个建议
know your limits
（知道自己所能所不能）
了解自己能做什么很重要，了解自己不能做什么也同样重要。这分为内部和外部两个层面。
从内在讲，了解自己的限制能让你保持谦逊、积极，并专注于目标；从外在看，了解别人给你设定的限制，会给你一个突破的机会。
换句话说，知道自己不足，能让你赢得别人的尊重；而别人给你设定的不足，是用来突破的界限。
你为自己设定的限制给你的是要尊重的边界，而别人给你设定的限制给你的是要突破的界限。
当我最初在香港发展时，作为一名年轻的女性，面临着各种限制。我的角色被限制在温顺、柔弱和陷入困境的女性形象中。
很快我意识到，我想扮演的是动作角色，英雄角色，而在当时，这些都是专门为男演员保留的。
但我发现这些动作场景都经过精心编排，而我的舞蹈基础应该能成为优势，只要给我机会，我就可以抓住并且脱颖而出。
所以我找到了制片人，请求他让我出演英雄角色。
我做了很多男演员面对的危险场景的拍摄准备：舞蹈编排、功夫、高空表演等，其实并不难嘛。
当机会来临的时候，我全力以赴。我知道机会只有一次，如果我第一次没演好，肯定就没有然后了。
幸运的是，观众们也喜欢女英雄的角色。
我的第一部电影《皇家师姐》（Yes ，Madam！）大获成功，这部电影开启了我演艺生涯。
那时，在香港，我和成龙、李连杰三个人，是保险公司最不愿意接的客户，保险公司看到我们拍摄的场景后就立刻跑了。
但是，这对我来讲，是一种荣誉。
慢慢地我接触到各种高难度的动作场景：在屋顶上奔跑、骑着摩托车穿越行驶的火车，从面包车上翻滚到驶来的车辆上；
难免会受伤，但是每次这样的经历都让我感觉更好，变得更勇敢。
学会跌倒，这会教你如何平稳着落；
学会平稳着落，能给你跳的更高的勇气！
（Learning how to fall, teach you how to land，Learning to land, give your the courage to jump higher!）
所以当詹姆斯·邦德的制片人来找我，让我出演《明日帝国》（tomorrow never die）威伦的角色，我很高兴。
我很幸运，制片人芭芭拉·布洛克利和迈克尔·G·威尔逊对林慧这个角色有着重要的设想；她是一位机智的特工，总能在对手之前一步，与邦德不相上下。
许多人认为，这个角色改变了007系列，也打破了人们对邦女郎是花瓶角色的刻板印象。
在《明日帝国》上映后的两年里，我收到过一些角色的邀请，但是我选择了拒绝。
老实说，有时候我也会对自己的决定是否正确而感到怀疑，毕竟，演员们都希望能够进行表演，但我知道，我想等待那些适合我的角色、等到与我的创作想法契合的团队。
幸运的是，我等到了《卧虎藏龙》。
最后一条建议
Find your people
（找到你的团队）
我们的生活不是零和游戏。每一个winner，未必都不曾是loser，每一个成功故事的后面不是竞争而是合作。
我们每个人都不可能做所有的事情，我的成绩得益于身边人的支持。所以我不想让自己失败，也不想让身边的人失败。
我的圈子很大，除了家人、朋友，还有其他导演、演员、制片人、工作人员等等。我是站在前人成就的肩膀上，也受年轻人鼓励和启发。
这就是为什么对我来说名声很重要，屏幕前后的多元性也很重要——尤其是作为一个女性的身份。
我也不仅仅关注于电影圈。
作为联合国开发署的亲善大使，我看到全球存在的不公平性，有些地区妇女和儿童的生活基本物质无法得到保障，比如清洁饮用水。
改变这一现状的前提是要用同理心，同理性是我们内心的终极力量。当你在没有安全网防护的情况下跳跃的时候，别人就是你的安全网，同样你也是他们的安全网。
最后我要讲讲《瞬息全宇宙》这部电影。这部电影的拍摄实际上也体现了我上面讲的三点，这部小成本电影获得了全球的知名度，这得益于众人的共同努力。
2023届的同学们，这就是我想与你们分享的。
今天你们就要毕业了，保持轻松，保持聪慧，与爱同行！
我期待生活在与你们共同创建的世界中，并很容易在你们旅途即将开始的时候提供一些小帮助，毕业快乐！”
英文发言稿：
Wow. What an introduction that was. Good afternoon, and thank you, Dean Manning, Dean Ball, and Dean Bok for this rare and distinguished honor, and congratulations to the class of 2023.
[APPLAUSE] What an incredible day. Ladino Moore of an impressive academic journey. Congratulations as well to parents, partners, and family members of all the students here today. I can only imagine the pride and joy you must have to see your loved ones graduate from what I understand is the best law school [LAUGHTER] in the country [APPLAUSE] to the graduating cohort. I consider it a privilege to have been asked to speak to you as you are about to unleash yourself on the world. This moment conjures up the exciting image of a high diver poised to leap into the void. As you know, I am not a lawyer, I can't even say that I have played one on the screen, so why am I here? Why have I been asked to deliver the keynote speech to you on this pivotal day in your lives as you dive headfirst into a presumably bright, but unpredictable future?
Well, maybe the reason I'm here is because I happen to have some experience leaping off high purchase into scary voids, so do allow me to offer some simple pointers that I've picked up along the way in my career full of leaps and dives, how to survive the fall in three easy steps by Michelle Yeoh. [LAUGHTER] The first one is pretty obvious, but not always easy.
Stay lose.
My journey from Malaysia, IPO Malaysia to the Academy Awards Siege began with my first love which was not acting but dance. I knew at a very young age that my gift was to communicate through movement. In my studies, I found freedom in discipline and focus. I trained tirelessly day and night drilling my body in every aspect of the craft. More importantly, I trained in my mind to be still, to silence the whispers of self-doubt. Dance was my safe place, my inevitable future, and my undeniable path, so I enrolled in Abolish school in England and began living my dream.
Unfortunately, life had other plans. I suffered a spinal injury and just like that. I watched everything vanish into thin air. Life as I knew it was over. With my dreams of dance crushed. I credit the principal of my school for giving me the encouragement that ultimately led me to a career beyond my imagination. It was she who encouraged me to stay loose about my future. When falling, the tendency is to tighten up to brace for impact, but in truth, the safest thing one can do is remain calm even curious about the shifting world around you.
After graduating with a degree in creative arts, I returned home more open to other possibilities outside the box. With this awareness came the freedom to make choices I might not have otherwise been able to. This opened the door to doing a commercial in Hong Kong, then to acting roles and the start of my life in film which leads me to my second piece of advice.
Know your limits, although understanding what you can do is essential. Understanding what you can't do, it's pretty important too. This works on two levels, both internally and externally. Internally knowing your limits keep you humble, motivated, and focused on a goal to point your finger toward externally knowing the limits that are set for you by others, give you a place to point a different finger. I am talking about the middle one. [LAUGHTER] In other words, limitations set by yourself gives you boundaries to respect, but limitations set by others gives you boundaries to bust through. As a young woman trying to break into a film in Hong Kong, I was confronted with limitations at every turn.
Initially cast in stereotypical roles, the demure, docile, damsel in distress. I soon realized that what I wanted to play were the action roles The eroes. Of course, these were then reserved exclusively for men, but I could see that the outfight sequences were highly choreographed and I knew in my bones that my dance training would allow me to excel at them if only I would given the chance, so I went to my producer and said I did say please, I want an action role.
I was prepared to do everything the men were doing, the choreography, the son's checking the blows, the wire work, all of it. What like it's hard [APPLAUSE] but when the chance finally came, I knew it was make or break. I had a one-shot to prove my bankability as an action star and if I failed, I would not get that opportunity again, so I seize the moment with everything I had and as it turned out, thankfully audiences were more than ready for a female star in action comedies. The film Yes Madam was well-received and launched my career. I knew I had it made it then when I soon after I joined Jet Li and Jackie Chan as the three people who Hong Kong insurers refused to cover. [LAUGHTER] They took one look at the scenes we were shooting and ran for the hills. I wore that as a badge of honor. Eventually, things progressed and before I knew it, I was regularly running on rooftops, riding motorcycles onto moving trains, and rolling off vans onto oncoming traffic. Don't try that at home again. There were injuries as you can imagine, but with every Nick and scratch and Bruce and fractured vertebrae, I came back better and braver. Learning how to fall teaches you how to land and learning to land gives you the courage to jump higher, so when the James Bond producers knocked on my door about a film called Tomorrow Never Dies, I thought yes, they want me to play James Bond. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I was fortunate that the producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had a substantial role in mind in the character of Whalen, a formidable agent who was always one step of her adversaries and equal to bond.
Many regard that character as instrumental in modernizing the franchise, and its retro-grade portrayals of women. Thank you, Barbara and Michael. Although offers came in after the Bond movie, I waited two years for the proper role, rejecting scripts that lacked nuance or depth in their character. Honestly, there were times I had doubts as to whether I was doing the right thing in waiting. After all, actors want to act. However, I knew I would not be happy unless I continue to seek out roles that allowed me and like-minded creatives to dig deeper and reflect three-dimensional humanity onstage. That was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. [APPLAUSE] I must have done something right because I am busier than ever.
These examples illustrate the importance of limitations. Because our limitations become our challenges and there is nothing like a challenge to keep you working, striving, and pushing for more. Every demeaning role I was offered, every rejection I was handed, and every time someone underestimated me, I found energy and renewed motivation. This brings me to the third and final tip.
Find your people. Life is not always a zero-sum game. For every winner, that doesn't have to be a loser. In fact, most success stories are less about competition and more about collaboration. The truth is, I could not have done any of this alone. My achievements are the results of those around me who offered and continue to offer support and believe. There are times where as much as I don't want to let myself down, I don't want to let them down even more. My definition of community is vast, including my family, loved ones, and friends. But it also includes the other actors, directors, producers, some people, film crews, dancers, musicians, and artists with whom I've crossed paths. My community transcends time in the sense that I stand on the shoulders of those who have come before me and I am energized and inspired by those who come after me. My community extends beyond people I know personally, which is why representation matters and why diversity on and off the screen have been a major priority for me, particularly for women, and particularly in lead roles.
When we shine a light on the rich and varied world around us, we empower the whole of our humanity. I can see no better reason to wake up in the morning and get to work. Lastly, my community is not limited to the film industry. In my work as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, I have witnessed the deep inequalities that continue to plague societies around the world and I have seen up close how women and girls are often the last to get essential services like clean water and vaccines, especially in crisis.
For this reason, I have committed myself in walking in lockstep with their struggle. The prerequisite to change is empathy. Seeing through other people's perspective activates our compassion, which becomes the driving force for real-world demonstrable action. Compassion is the ultimate superpower within us. When you are leaping without a safety net, people become your safety net and you become theirs. So those are my tips.
Stay loose, know your limits, and find your people.
But I want to conclude by speaking briefly about that little movie that could Everything, Everywhere All at Once. [APPLAUSE] This was a film
that in many ways brings together all the insights I have shared with you today. It defied genre, playing loose with free expectations and defining categorization. It flouted limitation by taking a smaller budget and turning it into an international phenomenon.
It brought together a community of creative and talented individuals working with a common passion to tell a universal human story. This was some wow, I'm creating waves as I can see. This was a movie made entirely with love that was in many ways the culmination of my life's work and the reverberations of that love continue to be felt as Everything, Everywhere, All at Once has caused a tectonic shift in the industry, opening the door to more independent efforts and greater Asian epresentation.[APPLAUSE]
When I think of a glorious leap into an unknown void, I think of that movie. Class of 2023, this is my offering to you. Today you graduate and today you leave.
Stay loose, be smart, and go with love and then leap, and then leap again and leap again.
I look forward to living in the world you will all help build and I am honored to have been one small voice at the beginning of your journey. Thank you all, and I wish you every success. Happy graduation.
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