and I play Dorothea Williams in "Soul."

我在 "靈魂 "中扮演多蘿西婭-威廉姆斯。

And today I'm going to tell you a story.

而今天我要給大家講一個故事。

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[爵士樂演奏]

You know, I just woke up.

你知道，我剛剛醒來。

It was an ordinary day, you know?

這只是普通的一天，你知道嗎？

You got up, you have your breakfast,

你起來了，你有你的早餐。

you have your smoothie, you say bye to your kids

你有你的冰沙，你說再見你的孩子。

as they go about to go to school,

在他們即將去上學的時候。

and then you get a phone call and they

然後你接到一個電話，他們

say, "Hey, Pixar's calling.

說，"嘿，皮克斯的調用。

Wanna know if you wanna come and play

想知道你要不要來玩

with us on this movie, "Soul"?"

和我們一起看這部電影 "靈魂"？"

"Soul."

"靈魂"

Well, you know, I grew up as a young kid enjoying soul music.

嗯，你知道，我從小就喜歡靈魂音樂。

I remember the long console stereo that my mom had,

我記得我媽媽有一個長控制檯的音響。

and she had lots of albums and would love to play

她有很多的專輯，很想玩。

and put on some of the greats.

並把一些偉大的。

The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Soul Brother--

The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Soul Brother...

you know, it was the '60s, James Brown,

你知道，那是60年代，詹姆斯・布朗。

you know the pick, the Afro, the pick in the back of the Afro

你知道的，Afro，在Afro後面的pick。

with the fist on it.

與拳頭上。

Years later, moving to L.A. and going to the jazz clubs there,

幾年後，搬到洛杉磯，去那裡的爵士俱樂部。

seeing Betty Carter on stage, and she's not only

看到貝蒂-卡特在舞臺上， 她不僅是。

performing and singing, giving us this great gift that she has

表演和歌唱，給了我們這個偉大的禮物，她已經。

to share, but also as she's mentoring and teaching

來分享，但也因為她的指導和教

and bringing up these young musicians in her band.

並在她的樂隊中培養這些年輕的音樂家。

Or with Miss Dorothy Donegan, who

或者和桃樂絲-多尼根小姐一起，她

was a phenomenal piano player.

是一位了不起的鋼琴家。

When you listened to her play, you

當你聽了她的演奏，你

could hear strains of a nursery rhyme, of some classical music,

可以聽到童謠的曲調，一些古典音樂的曲調。

along with some jazz improv.

以及一些爵士樂的即興表演。

It was mind-blowing.

這真是讓人瞠目結舌。

So it's like, hmm, "Soul," animated movie?

所以這就像，嗯，"靈魂"，動畫電影？

Working with Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey?

與傑米-福克斯、蒂娜-菲合作？

Ah.

啊。

Kemp and Pete?

坎普和皮特?

Wow.

哇哦

So I show up at the studio, I'm just

所以，我出現在工作室，我只是。

meeting Pete and Kemp for the first time,

第一次見到皮特和坎普。

never met them before.

從來沒有見過他們。

They show me a picture of my character, Dorothea.

他們給我看我的角色多蘿西婭的照片。

She's a saxophone player.

她是個薩克斯風手。

Oh my gosh, I get to headline a band?

哦，我的天哪，我得到一個樂隊的頭條？

Oh my gosh, Mom, all those guitar lessons

哦，我的天哪，媽媽，所有這些吉他課。

I took when I was a kid--

我小的時候，我拿了...

well, those five guitar lessons because we weren't

好了，這五節吉他課，因為我們不是。

able to afford it-- but look how far those five lessons took me.

能夠負擔得起... ... 但看看這五節課花了我多遠。

Not only am I not playing guitar,

我不僅不彈吉他。

I've gone on to saxophone, I have my own quartet.

我已經去了薩克斯管，我有自己的四重奏。

It was great.

它是偉大的。

I hope that people come away from "Soul" knowing that they

我希望人們從 "靈魂 "中走出來，知道自己

are unique and precious and wonderful individuals,

都是獨特而珍貴的優秀個體。

and their particular brand of "Soul," the world needs.

和他們特殊品牌的 "靈魂"，世界需要。

I hope that they find their spark in life,

我希望他們能找到人生的火花。

no matter when you find it.

不管你什麼時候找到它。

If you're lucky enough to find it early, great,

如果你夠幸運，能早點找到，太好了。

but if you find it and then you put it on the shelf,

但如果你找到它，然後你把它放在架子上。

you can always go back and get it.

你可以隨時回去拿。

Check out Disney and Pixar's "Soul,"

看看迪士尼和皮克斯的 "靈魂"

now streaming on Disney+.

現在流在Disney+上。