Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.

  • -- Ian McKellen 伊恩·麦凯伦

在演戏之前,我想成为一名记者。我也有过当厨师的想法,但那只是当人们问我想做什么的时候。事实上,我总是说我想成为一名演员,但我从来都不相信我有能力成为一名演员。

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To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.

能够编故事是我的祖先给我的一份伟大的礼物,也是我成长过程中拉古纳普韦布洛许许多多的说书人给我的礼物。我尽可能快地学会了阅读,因为我想要的是故事,而不是依赖成年人给我讲故事或给我读故事。

I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest expression of that vineyard, of the grape varietal or blend, and of the vintage.

我相信酿酒师的责任是把这种水果作为葡萄园、葡萄品种或混合物以及年份最自然、最纯净的表现形式装进瓶子里。

You know, I just don't believe that art is supposed to make sense. I really don't think it's supposed to be analyzed to death. It's left to the listener or looker to get what they can get from it.

你知道,我只是不相信艺术应该有意义。我真的不认为它应该被分析到死。这就留给了听众或旁观者,他们可以从中得到什么。

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

激情是在表演中支撑你的东西。如果你是为了名利而做这件事,那就不要麻烦了,因为它永远不会发生。我万万没有想到会因此而得到报酬。

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

我意识到我将有一些非常艰难的雪橇,我非常沮丧,因为我没有看到太多的希望进入我想进入的领域没有大学教育。

My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.

我的孩子们小的时候没有,因为我认为他们必须有一定的年龄。我希望他们很喜欢我,不要看到我在那种地方。

Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages.

也许吧,虽然我不认为我在语言方面有什么特别的天赋。事实上,奇怪的是,这可能与我在语言方面的迟钝有关。

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

表演对我来说很有趣,无论如何表演,不管是艰苦的工作还是轻松的工作,都很有趣。