I meet young comedians all the time, they just say
我总碰到有年轻喜剧演员跟我说
I just want to do colleges, I just play small clubs, I just play jazz menus
我只想对大学生表演 我只想在小俱乐部表演等等
You should always try to find the topless audience you can
你总应当竭尽所能找最顶级的观众
It's how you get better and what you do
这才能让你变得更好
You know when I was starting out the comedy down in Los Angeles
我最开始在洛杉矶表演喜剧的时候
I personally asked for the toughest slot of the night
请求在最难的地方进行表演
I wanted to follow Richard Pryor every night
我每晚都要紧随理查德·普赖尔
because I knew that Richard blow the audience out, so they would be exhausted
因为我知道理查德讲完后 观众已经有些疲了
and then I got up when I found out very quickly I didn't have 20 minutes
然后我上台 我没有20分钟可以表演
I had about six minutes
我只有大约6分钟
because that was the only stuff that was really funny
因为只有这段时间能够讲有趣的东西
and I threw anything else out and built on that six minutes until you get better
我把无关紧要的内容都删减掉 专注于这6分钟
Number 19
第19点
all manufacturing has a scrap rate
所有行业都有报废率
The more product you put out, the greater your chances of error
生产的产品越多 出错的几率就越大
Accept criticism, resolved to do better
接受批评 努力改进
You know something, people say, I never read bad reviews. I always read bad reviews
有些人说自己从不看差评 我则很喜欢看差评
you'll learn more from your critics than you will ever learn from your friends
从批评者那里学到的东西会比从朋友那里学到的要多得多
And number 20, the last one remember
第20点 也是最后一点
anybody can have a life
任何人都有自己的生活要过
careers are hard to come by
职业很难获得
So with that I say, Happy Mother's Day
就这些 母亲节快乐
And thank you so much for this great honor. Thank you
感谢大家给了我这份荣誉 谢谢
