大表姐詹妮弗·劳伦斯对话维奥拉·戴维斯(22)

当你在朱利亚德学院排练时，会有一位老师拿着一支铅笔，在排练过程中全程跟着你，把铅笔放进你的嘴里，看看你的舌头在哪里，当你发音时，舌头的位置在哪里。
Or there"s a person following you throughout rehearsal, holding your ribcage to see if you"re breathing properly through your diaphragm.
或者在整个排练过程中，有人一直跟着你，按住你的胸腔，看你是否通过横膈膜正确呼吸。
And so when it gets like that and you leave yourself and your soul behind, you"re not an artist.
所以当它变成那样的时候，当你把你自己和你的灵魂抛在脑后，你就不是艺术家了。
And can I just say, on top of that, it"s Eurocentric training.
我想说的是，最重要的是，这是以欧洲为中心的培训。
So when you"re studying all of those classics, there"s a clear idea of what all of those characters look like.
所以当你学习所有这些经典作品时，你会对所有这些角色的样子有很清晰的概念。
And that"s not me.
那不是我。
So then what am I supposed to do with me?
那我该拿自己怎么办？
What am I supposed to do with my Blackness?
我该拿我的黑人身份怎么办？
What am I supposed to do with my deep voice and my wide nose?
我的声音那么低沉，鼻子又那么宽，我该怎么办？
I have to believe that me, myself is a canvas in which I have to start my work.
我必须相信，我自己是一张画布，我必须在这张画布上开始我的创作。