经典名人英语演讲稿范文

　　Dress me up in army fatigues. Throw me on top of a moving train. Ask me to play Malcolm X, Rubin Hurricane Carter, Alonzo from Training Day: I can do all that.

　　But a commencement speech? It’s a very serious affair. Different ballgame. There’s literally thousands and thousands of people here.

　　And for those who say—you’re a movie star, millions of people watch you speak all the time…

　　… Yes, that’s technically true. But I’m not actually there in the theater—watching them watching me.

　　I’m not there when they cough… or fidget… or pull out their iPhone and text their boyfriend… or scratch their behinds.

　　From up here: I can see every single one of you. And that makes me uncomfortable.

　　So please, don’t pull out your iPhone and text your boyfriend until after I’m done.

　　But if you need to scratch your behinds, go right ahead. I’ll understand.

　　Thinking about the speech, I figured the best way to keep your attention would be to talk about some really, juicy Hollywood stuff.

　　I thought I could start with me and Russell Crowe getting into some arguments on the set of American Gangster…

　　… but no. You’re a group of high-minded intellectuals. You’re not interested in that.

　　Or how about that “private” moment I had with Angelina Jolie half naked in her dressing room backstage at the Oscars?… Who wants to hear about that?

　　I don’t think so. This is an Ivy League school. Angelina Jolie in her dressing room…?