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此时我非常感激。我不觉得自己比其他入围者，或在场的任何人都要高人一等。因为我们
有着相同的爱—那就是电影的爱。这样表达的形式，给予了我最不平凡的生活；倘若没有
对电影的爱，我不知道我会在哪里。然而我认为，这赋予我最珍贵的礼物。今天在场的许
多人，都有机会利用自己的声音，去为那些没有能力的人们发声。我一直在思考人类共同
面临的一些困扰问题。
我想有时我们感受、或被迫感受到，我们拥抱多元的理由。但是对我而言，我看到了共同
之处。我认为，无论我们是在谈论性别不平等、种族主义、酷儿权利、少数民族权利或是
动物权利，我们都在谈论与对抗不公义。我们要表达的是反对一种信念，即一个国家、一
个民族、一个种族、一种性别、一种物种，得以有权统治、利用及控制他人，却可以逍遥
法外。
我认为我们已经与自然世界脱节。我们当中有许多人，都犯有以自我为中心的世界观：我
们认为自己是宇宙的中心。我们闯入自然世界，并掠夺自然资源。我们认为有权人工授精
一头母牛。当她生产之时，我们也偷走她的孩子，即使她的痛哭如此千真万确。然后，我
们将原本给要哺育幼牛的奶水，放入咖啡和谷物中。
我们害怕改变自我，因为那意味着牺牲与放弃拥有的事物。但是，人类最大的才能是创造
与革新，而我们可以创建、开发和实行对众生与环境都有益的变革系统。我过去曾表现得
像个无赖，自私自利。我有时候相当冷酷，难与他人合作，而我很感激在场的你们，很多
人给了我第二次机会。当我们互相支持时，那是我们最好的一面：不是因为过去的错误而
彼此抵消，而是当我们帮助对方成长。当我们互相教育时、当我们指引其救赎时，那是人
性最美好的光辉。
我哥哥17岁那年写下这句。
他说：“以爱拯救，平静将会随之而来。”谢谢。
I’m full of so much gratitude now. I do not feel elevated above any of my fel
low nominees or anyone in this room, because we share the same love – that’s
the love of film. And this form of expression has given me the most extraordi
nary life. I don’t know where I’d be without it. But I think the greatest gi
ft that it’s given me, and many of us in this room is the opportunity to use
our voice for the voiceless. I’ve been thinking about some of the distressing
issues that we’ve been facing collectively.
I think at times we feel or are made to feel that we champion different causes
. But for me, I see commonality. I think, whether we’re talking about gender
inequality or racism or queer rights or indigenous rights or animal rights, we
’re talking about the fight against injustice. We’re talking about the fight
against the belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender, one spe
cies, has the right to dominate, use and control another with impunity.
I think we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world. Many of us are
guilty of an egocentric world view, and we believe that we’re the center of
the universe. We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources
. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow. When she gets birth, we s
teal her baby even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable. Then we take
her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cer
eal.
We fear the idea of personal change because we think we need to sacrifice some
thing, to give something up. But human beings at our best are so creative and
inventive, and we can create, develop and implement systems of change that are
beneficial to all sentient beings and the environment. I have been a scoundre
l all my life, I’ve been selfish. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work wit
h, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second c
hance. I think that’s when we’re at our best: when we support each other. No
t when we cancel each other out for our past mistakes, but when we help each o
ther to grow. When we educate each other; when we guide each other to redempti
on. That is the best of humanity.
When he was 17, my brother wrote this lyric.
He said: “run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.” Thank you.