So, in 1987, Tennessee State University invited me back to speak at their commencement. By then, I had my own show, was nationally syndicated. I'd made a movie, had been nominated for an Oscar and founded my company, Harpo. But I told them, I cannot...
I just love saying Stanford. Because of the truth is, I know I would have never gotten my degree at all, because I didn't go to Stanford. I went to Tennessee State University. But I never would have gotten diploma at all, because I was supposed to gr...
And so somebody comes up to Kirby, and they say, oh my god, is that Gayle King? And Kirby's like, Uh-huh. She's my mom. 有人走到卡比面前,对卡比说:我的天啊,那是盖尔金吗?卡比说:嗯,她是我妈妈。 And so the pers...
Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing day with you. 感谢汉尼斯校长、董事会的各位董事、全...
So, when I came back to make my next movie, which was Avatar, I tried to apply that same principle of leadership which is that you respect your team, and you earn their respect in return. And it really changed the dynamic. So, here I was again with a...
And you know, along the way in this journey of discovery, I learned a lot. I learned a lot about science. But I also learned a lot about leadership. Now you think director has got to be a leader, you know, leader of, captain of the ship, and all that...
So, having done these expeditions, and you know, really beginning to appreciate what was down there, such as at the deep ocean vents where we had these amazing amazing animals. They are basically aliens right here on Earth. They live in an environmen...
And so, I actually made a kind of curious decision. After the success of Titanic, I said, Okay, you know, I'm going to park my day job as a Hollywood movie maker, and I'm going to go be a full time explorer for a while. And so, you know, we started p...
Sounds crazy. But this goes back to that theme about, you know, your imagination creating a reality. Because we actually created a reality where six months later I find myself in a Russian submersible two and a half miles down in the north Atlantic,...
So, you know, drawing a line through those two dots of experience, came to, this is going to be a whole new world, this was a whole new world of creativity for film artists. So, I started a company with Stan Winston, my good friend Stan Winston, who...