You don't pollute anything, you don't make dangerous chemicals, you don't hurt the
你不會造成環境污染 不會生產危險化學品
environment, the worst thing you can do
你做得最糟糕也只不過是
is not raise the human spirit
不能提高人類精神文明
That's really the worst thing you can do
你沒辦法做更糟糕的事情
Number 8, do not judge your own success by the success of others
第8點 不要用別人的成功來衡量你自己
I was very fortunate. When I start out as a comedian
我很幸運 我剛開始搞喜劇時
I was the only comedian I knew
只認識我自己一位喜劇演員
So consequently, I had no idea how terrible I was
因為沒有比較 我不知道自己有多爛
When I was doing old people's birthday parties for the state for $10 a day
我曾在一個老頭的生日宴上講笑話 日進10美元
I thought, hehe, I had made it, 10 bucks a day
我心想 嘿嘿 我太厲害了 一天賺了10美元
Betsy, you like comedians?
貝琪 你喜歡喜劇演員嗎
That's what it was. It was a nightmare. I had no idea how bad I was
情況就是這樣了 簡直是噩夢 我不知道自己有多爛
But by the time I got to Los Angeles
之后我去了洛杉磯
and met Letterman and Robin Williams and Jerry Seinfeld
碰到了萊特曼 羅賓·威廉姆斯 杰瑞·宋飛
I've been doing it for a few years, I wasn't thrown how good the competition was
我干了幾年 一直都沒被殘酷競爭所擊潰
Number 9
第9點
Never turn down a job because of the money
不要因為錢拒絕一份工作
only turn it down because you don't like it
拒絕工作只能是因為你不喜歡它
Money will come later. Don't even worry about it
錢以后會來 不要擔心它
Number 10
第10點
It's nice to believe in yourself
相信自己很好
it's better to have other people believe in you
讓其他人相信你會更好
That really worth much better
真的要好很多
Number 11, here's another rule I observed
第11點 這是我觀察到的另一條規則
If you can stay in this business for seven years
如果你能在這個行業待七年
you can stay in the rest of your life
那么你一輩子都可以待在這個行業中
By that I mean, if you can physically make it to the stage
我說的也就是 如果你能走到臺上
all the recording studio, all the movie set for seven years without screwing up
完成所有錄音錄像 七年而不搞砸
you will make a living in this business. I know that sounds simplistic
你就能在這個行業干一輩子 我知道這有些簡單化
but think of all the careers that can be sidelined
不過想想所有那些
by greed and envy and drugs and alcohol, sex, ego
能夠被貪婪 嫉妒 毒品 酒精 性 自負搞砸的行業
it's usually never your talent or your abilities that you're in, it's one of those things
通常 讓你能夠待在行業中的并不是你的才能
So keep your eye on the ball
時刻警惕那些東西 我總都地方可以回