金凯瑞 演讲稿 选择所爱

第一篇：金凯瑞 演讲稿 选择所爱

Official Commencement Address Graduating Class of 2014 from Maharishi University of Management, May 24th, 2014 by Jim Carrey

Thank you Bevan, thank you all!

I brought one of my paintings to show you today.Hope you guys are gonna be able see it okay.It’s not one of my bigger pieces.You might wanna move down front — to get a good look at it.(kidding)

Faculty, Parents, Friends, Dignitaries...Graduating Class of 2014, and all the dead baseball players coming out of the corn to be with us today.(laughter)After the harvest there’s no place to hide — the fields are empty — there is no cover there!(laughter)

I am here to plant a seed that will inspire you to move forward in life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of wholeness.The question is, will that seed have a chance to take root, or will I be sued by Monsanto and forced to use their seed, which may not be totally “Ayurvedic.”(laughter)

Excuse me if I seem a little low energy tonight — today — whatever this is.I slept with my head to the North last night.(laughter)Oh man!Oh man!You know how that is, right kids? Woke up right in the middle of Pitta and couldn’t get back to sleep till Vata rolled around, but I didn’t freak out.I used that time to eat a large meal and connect with someone special on Tinder.(laughter)

Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.How do I know this? I don’t, but I’m making sound, and that’s the important thing.That’s what I’m here to do.Sometimes, I think that’s one of the only things that are important.Just letting each other know we’re here, reminding each other that we are part of a larger self.I used to think Jim Carrey is all that I was...Just a flickering light

A dancing shadow

The great nothing masquerading as something you can name

Dwelling in forts and castles made of witches – wishes!Sorry, a Freudian slip there

Seeking shelter in caves and foxholes, dug out hastily

An archer searching for his target in the mirror

Wounded only by my own arrows

Begging to be enslaved

Pleading for my chains

Blinded by longing and tripping over paradise – can I get an “Amen”?!(applause)

You didn’t think I could be serious did ya’? I don't think you understand who you're dealing with!I have no limits!I cannot be contained because I’m the container.You can’t contain the container, man!You can’t contain the container!(laughter)

I used to believe that who I was ended at the edge of my skin, that I had been given this little vehicle called a body from which to experience creation, and though I couldn’t have asked for a sportier model,(laughter)it was after all a loaner and would have to be returned.Then, I learned that everything outside the vehicle was a part of me, too, and now I drive a convertible.Top down wind in my hair!(laughter)

I am elated and truly, truly, truly excited to be present and fully connected to you at this important moment in your journey.I hope you’re ready to open the roof and take it all in?!(audience doesn’t react)Okay, four more years then!(laughter)

I want to thank the Trustees, Administrators and Faculty of MUM for creating an institution worthy of Maharishi’s ideals of education.A place that teaches the knowledge and experience necessary to be productive in life, as well as enabling the students, through Transcendental Meditation and ancient Vedic knowledge to slack off twice a day for an hour and a half！(laughter)— don’t think you’re fooling me！!—(applause)but, I guess it has some benefits.It does allow you to separate who you truly are and what’s real, from the stories that run through your head.You have given them the ability to walk behind the mind’s elaborate set decoration, and to see that there is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that’s going to eat you.(laughter)That may sound like no big deal, but many never learn that distinction and spend a great deal of their lives living in fight or flight response.I’d like to acknowledge all you wonderful parents — way to go for the fantastic job you’ve done — for your tireless dedication, your love, your support, and most of all, for the attention you’ve paid to your children.I have a saying, “Beware the unloved,” because they will eventually hurt themselves...or me!(laughter)

But when I look at this group here today, I feel really safe!I do!I’m just going to say it — my room is not locked!My room is not locked!(laughter)No doubt some of you will turn out to be crooks!But white-collar stuff — Wall St.ya’ know, that type of thing — crimes committed by people with self-esteem!Stuff a parent can still be proud of in a weird way.(laughter)

And to the graduating class of 2017 — minus 3!You didn't let me finish!(laughter)— Congratulations!(applause)Yes, give yourselves a round of applause, please.You are the vanguard of knowledge and consciousness;a new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities.On the other side of that door, there is a world starving for new leadership, new ideas.I’ve been out there for 30 years!She’s a wild cat!(laughter)Oh, she’ll rub up against your leg and purr until you pick her up and start pettin’ her, and out of nowhere she’ll swat you in the face.Sure it’s rough sometimes but that’s OK, ‘cause they’ve got soft serve ice cream with sprinkles!(laughter)I guess that’s what I’m really here to say;sometimes it’s okay to eat your feelings!(laughter)

Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about your pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here, and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear.So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.I’m saying, I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it — please!(applause)And if it doesn't happen for you right away, it’s only because the universe is so busy fulfilling my order.It’s party size!(laughter)

My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice.Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant, and when I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job and our family had to do whatever we could to survive.I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.(applause)

That’s not the only thing he taught me though: I watched the affect my father’s love and humor had on the world around me, and I thought, “That’s something to do, that’s something worth my time.”

It wasn’t long before I started acting up.People would come over to my house and they would be greeted by a 7 year old throwing himself down a large flight of stairs.(laughter)They would say, “What happened?” And I would say, “I don't know — let’s check the replay.” And I would go back to the top of the stairs and come back down in slow motion.(Jim reenacts coming down the stairs in slow-mo)It was a very strange household.(laughter)

My father used to brag that I wasn’t a ham — I was the whole pig.And he treated my talent as if it was his second chance.When I was about 28, after a decade as a professional comedian, I realized one night in LA that the purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern, like my dad.When I realized this, I dubbed my new devotion, “The Church of Freedom From Concern” — “The Church of FFC”— and I dedicated myself to that ministry.What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.As someone who has done what you are about to go do, I can tell you from experience, the effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.(applause)

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.My choosing to free people from concern got me to the top of a mountain.Look where I am — look what I get to do!Everywhere I go – and I’m going to get emotional because when I tap into this, it really is extraordinary to me — I did something that makes people present their best selves to me wherever I go.(applause)I am at the top of the mountain and the only one I hadn’t freed was myself and that’s when my search for identity deepened.I wondered who I’d be without my fame.Who would I be if I said things that people didn’t want to hear, or if I defied their expectations of me? What if I showed up to the party without my Mardi Gras mask and I refused to flash my breasts for a handful of beads?(laughter)I’ll give you a moment to wipe that image out of your mind.(laughter)

But you guys are way ahead of the game.You already know who you are and that peace, that peace that we’re after, lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself.You can join the game, fight the wars, play with form all you want, but to find real peace, you have to let the armor fall.Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form.Risk being seen in all of your glory.(A sheet drops and reveals Jim’s painting.Applause.)

(Re: the painting)It’s not big enough!(kidding)This painting is big for a reason.This painting is called “High Visibility.”(laughter)It’s about picking up the light and daring to be seen.Here’s the tricky part.Everyone is attracted to the light.The party host up in the corner(refers to painting)who thinks unconsciousness is bliss and is always offering a drink from the bottles that empty you;Misery, below her, who despises the light — can’t stand when you’re doing well — and wishes you nothing but the worst;The Queen of Diamonds who needs a King to build her house of cards;And the Hollow One, who clings to your leg and begs, “Please don’t leave me behind for I have abandoned myself.”

Even those who are closest to you and most in love with you;the people you love most in the world can find clarity confronting at times.This painting took me thousands of hours to complete and —(applause)thank you — yes, thousands of hours that I’ll never get back, I’ll never get them back(kidding)— I worked on this for so long, for weeks and weeks, like a mad man alone on a scaffolding — and when I was finished one of my friends said, “This would be a cool black light painting.”(laughter)

So I started over.(All the lights go off in the Dome and the painting is showered with black light.)Whooooo!Welcome to Burning Man!(applause)Some pretty crazy characters right? Better up there than in here.(points to head)Painting is one of the ways I free myself from concern, a way to stop the world through total mental, spiritual and physical involvement.But even with that, comes a feeling of divine dissatisfaction.Because ultimately, we’re not the avatars we create.We’re not the pictures on the film stock.We are the light that shines through it.All else is just smoke and mirrors.Distracting, but not truly compelling.I’ve often said that I wished people could realize all their dreams of wealth and fame so they could see that it’s not where you’ll find your sense of completion.Like many of you, I was concerned about going out in the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself!(laughter)My soul is not contained within the limits of my body.My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul — one unified field of nothing dancing for no particular reason, except maybe to comfort and entertain itself.(applause)As that shift happens in you, you won’t be feeling the world you’ll be felt by it — you will be embraced by it.Now, I’m always at the beginning.I have a reset button called presence and I ride that button constantly.Once that button is functional in your life, there’s no story the mind could create that will be as compelling.The imagination is always manufacturing scenarios — both good and bad — and the ego tries to keep you trapped in the multiplex of the mind.Our eyes are not only viewers, but also projectors that are running a second story over the picture we see in front of us all the time.Fear is writing that script and the working title is, ‘I’ll never be enough.’

You look at a person like me and say,(kidding)“How could we ever hope to reach those kinds of heights, Jim? How can I make a painting that's too big for any reasonable home? How do you fly so high without a special breathing apparatus?”(laughter)

This is the voice of your ego.If you listen to it, there will always be someone who seems to be doing better than you.No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest.It will tell you that you cannot stop until you’ve left an indelible mark on the earth, until you’ve achieved immortality.How tricky is the ego that it would tempt us with the promise of something we already possess.So I just want you to relax—that’s my job—relax and dream up a good life!(applause)I had a substitute teacher from Ireland in the second grade that told my class during Morning Prayer that when she wants something, anything at all, she prays for it, and promises something in return and she always gets it.I’m sitting at the back of the classroom, thinking that my family can’t afford a bike, so I went home and I prayed for one, and promised I would recite the rosary every night in exchange.Broke it—broke that promise.(laughter)

Two weeks later, I got home from school to find a brand new mustang bike with a banana seat and easy rider handlebars — from fool to cool!My family informed me that I had won the bike in a raffle that a friend of mine had entered my name in, without my knowledge.That type of thing has been happening ever since, and as far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and working toward it while letting go of how it might come to pass.(applause)

Your job is not to figure out how it’s going to happen for you, but to open the door in your head and when the doors open in real life, just walk through it.Don’t worry if you miss your cue.There will always be another door opening.They keep opening.And when I say, “life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.” I really don’t know if that’s true.I’m just making a conscious choice to perceive challenges as something beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way.You’ll come up with your own style, that’s part of the fun!

Oh, and why not take a chance on faith as well? Take a chance on faith — not religion, but faith.Not hope, but faith.I don’t believe in hope.Hope is a beggar.Hope walks through the fire.Faith leaps over it.You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world and after you walk through those doors today, you will only ever have two choices: love or fear.Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.Thank you.Jai Guru Dev.I’m so honored.Thank you.

第二篇：珍惜所爱

珍 惜 所 爱

推开卧室的窗户，初春的阳光洒满房间，我迫不及待地向阳台走去，想看一看那盆海棠，想象它们发出嫩芽生机勃勃的样子。可是眼前的一切令我惊呆了——海棠的枝叶像霜打的茄子一样，往日翠绿的叶子变成了青紫色，笼上了一层死亡的云雾。

我才蓦然想起，这个冬天我都闷在屋里，阳台上竟没有去过一次，因为屋子里有空调、脚炉整天开着，像春天一样惬意。而海棠却独自在寒冬中立着，不知道它有没有哭泣？我不知道它度过了多少寒冷的冬夜，我甚至没有给我最爱的这盆花浇过一次水，我只是自私地欣赏花开带来的惬意，却又在寒冬里独自享受着温暖。

海棠的死去，是在春季即将到来的时节！生活中这样的憾事经常发生着。

小学时候的我，个头几乎只有同龄人的四分之三，而且是一个喜欢恶作剧的调皮人，我的七十七个同学都受过我的作弄，但也从没有同学因为这个跟我翻脸过，我理所当然的享受着这种待遇——他们都是善良人。

转眼已是初二，随着课业的加重，我渐渐忘记了以前的同学，我的眼睛里只有课本、成绩。直到那天我在公交车上看见我的小学同学。她是个高高的女生，戴着眼镜，跟父母站在一起，背着行李包，像要出远门的样子。她冲我挥挥手，我不知所措地把手举起来，半晌才从记忆中搜寻出她的名字，随即想起她的善良与友好。我从窗户向外望去时，车开走了，她的身影慢慢化成一个小点。我的心里一阵惆怅，之前我就听说，她要去外地上学了，但我没当回事，竟没有跟她道个别。

此时的一别，也许是今生最后的相见。直到此时，才感到了友情的可贵！

还有我小学时的语文老师，她现已退休，我们是她的最后一届学生，所以几年来，她将所有对学生的爱都集中在我们身上。五年级时她退休了，跟加拿大的女儿一起生活。临出国前，她给我们看她写的文章，给我们她的博客和博客的密码，给我们全班同学留言。

可我，竟将记着博客及密码的纸弄丢了，老师成了我的回忆。那天偶然想起老师，我的泪水流了下来，因为我五年级时似乎没有以前认真，作为她最喜欢的学生，我的作文也大不如前，我是直到初一才开始醒悟。岁月带走了过去，留下的只有回忆，只有回忆……

珍惜生命中所爱的——同学、老师、父母，向对待一件件艺术品，小心地将他们珍藏。

珍惜生命中正拥有的，别让未来留下遗憾！

第三篇：《一生所爱》读后感

第一次看这篇文章，是在他的博客中，《一生所爱》读后感。当时，觉得这是一篇很有深度的文章，第一次对他另眼相待，第一次觉得原来他还有这么深刻的感悟。所以，有时候，我觉得，我们两人的缘分是从这篇文章开始的。。。

从小就不爱看周星驰，但是，唯有《大话西游》这部电影，每每我完整看完后，都会忍不住流泪。心中的那种难过，那种酸楚，难以言表，但是，《一生所爱》这篇文章将我难以言表的感情描绘得深刻，描绘了透彻。那一句：爱情是一个宿命，一切源于上苍。让我相信宿命。

后来，才知道。这篇文章不过是他转载的文章。这是他喜欢的时寒冰的博客。但是，因为这篇文章，我偶尔会关注他的博客。

刚刚跟他在一起的时候，我或许还不是真的喜欢他，我总爱在朋友面前挑剔他，抱怨他。我总是对他有很多的不满意。我总觉得我的意中人也应该是个盖世英雄。不是他这样的平庸，这样的平凡。

他总爱与我开玩笑，所以我有时不知道他哪句话是真哪句是假。他说他对我是一见钟情，他说我是他梦中的女孩，其实我当时不信。因为我从来就不相信人世间会有一见钟情。

嫁给他，是我今生最幸福的选择，读后感《《一生所爱》读后感》。虽然他不够浪漫，虽然他不够富裕，虽然他不够英俊，虽然他不够。。。

他总在我最需要的时候，守候在我身边。曾经我遇到过一个人，我原本以为我可以托付终生，但是，我错了。那个人只不过喜欢开朗，快乐的我，在我不省人事的时候，那个人不过躲得远远的。但是，我并不责怪那个人，毕竟我们都曾有过逃避生命，拒绝成长的时候。

在别人眼里我不可理喻的时候，只有他，依然把我当作他的天使，他的公主。我生病的时候，他愿意在身旁照顾我，伺候我，愿意帮我煎药，帮我倒水。在我想不通的时候，只有他，不厌其烦地逗我开心。

故事里的事，有时说是就是，不是也是；故事里的事，有时说不是就不是，是也不是。所以，我愿意相信我们故事里所有美丽的部分。

让我们将《一生所爱》中的悲剧改写。我们将会谱写我们的幸福故事。五月，我将成为你美丽的新娘。

相信我也将成为你今生最幸福的选择。

I LOVE YOU , DUANDUAN.Kathy.G

2012.3.19

第四篇：(原创)选择我所爱的,爱我所选择的——学习科学发展观的心得体会

（原创）选择我所爱的，爱我所选择的——学习科学发展观的心得体会

天堂之地，水乡之里，自从选择你作为我准备倾其一生学习和生活的地方，我便一直坚定我的选择。不懈的拼搏之后，是春华秋实的回报，我终于如愿以偿，来到了这座历史悠久的文化名城——苏州；迈进了这所温馨和谐的家园学校——苏州旅游与财经高等职业技术学校，开始了一段充实而有意义的教学生涯。

置身其中，我喜欢聆听经验丰富、学识渊博的教师发表自己深邃的见解；喜欢翻阅厚厚的古籍时散发出来的淡淡的书香；也喜欢坐在图书馆的角落徜徉在知识的海洋；还喜欢组织学生参与多姿多彩灵动活现课外活动；更喜欢享受漫步校园，听到一声声“老师早”、“老师好”、“老师再见”时的那种满足。作为苏州旅游财经高职校的一份子，我乐在其中，并深深的喜欢上了这份教书育人的工作。这份深深的喜欢成了我在思想、学习和工作上积极进取源源不竭的动力。在专业学习中，我力求把知识学得扎实、明白、透彻，并不断思索、探究；在认真学好专业课的同时，广泛涉猎文学、哲学、经济学、地理学、旅游管理方面的书籍来开拓自己的视野，并时时关注社会热点和国际动态。在思想上，我积极要求进步，多次参加学校组织的深入学习“科学发展观”活动。也正是在这一过程中，让我深刻地认识到：既然选择了这份太阳底下最光辉的职业，我必须具备这样的精神和素质——终身学习，不断提升自身素质；淡泊名利，做好在平凡的岗位上奉献一生的准备；饱含激情，尽力教育好每一位学生。在工作中的我深知“路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。”踏上教学岗位，我不敢有丝毫的放松和倦怠，深知必须以一丝不苟的态度来对待在学校的每一天，一步一个脚印，因为它不仅记录着我整个工作历程，也记录着我自身的成长和进步。虽然来到旅游财经高职校只有短短几个月，但是通过学校多次组织的学习科学发展观的活动，我对这一先进理论、思想有了更深刻的认识。科学发展观，第一要义是发展，核心是以人为本。教育的第一要义也是发展，为学生的终身发展奠基，为学生的未来生活打上幸福的底色。教育中同时也要让我们的老师有职业的幸福感。教师陪伴着学生成长，收获的是喜悦和成熟，是人生沉甸甸的回报。教育过程中的以人为本，是要以学生的发展为根本。做到了以人为本，师生间才会有友好的人际关系，“亲其师，信其道”，受益的不仅师学生，收获的可是双赢！我们老师，要目中有人，眼里有爱，行动上有尊重、爱护和指引。

这份爱不仅连接着我与每一位学生，也连接着我与旅游财经高职校。作为旅游财经高职校的一份子，我与学校之间都有着一份相依相偎的亲密和默契。“因为有了云的洁白，天才显得更蔚蓝，因为有了天的高远，云才显得更飘逸！因为有了草的娇小，树才显得更挺拔，因为有了树的奔放，草才显得更温婉！因为有了叶的浓绿，花才显得艳丽，因为有了花的傲然，叶才显得更高尚！”这是因为——白云和蓝天相依相偎，小草和大树相依相偎，绿叶和红花相依相偎！所以学校的发展，与我们每一位教师息息相关。我们说个人命运与祖国命运息息相关，同样的道理，我们与学校同命运，共荣辱。所以作为一名旅游财经高职校的一份子，我在不断汲取营养，充实自我的同时，也以最大的热情和努力来回报着这份“海阔凭鱼跃，天高任鸟飞”的恩情，毕竟是旅游财经高职校为我设立了一个可以施展抱负的平台。

作为一名学子，自记事那天起，就背负着父辈沉沉的希冀和自己美丽梦想跋涉在求学路上，而今终于可以撑起风帆去开启人生的另一条航线。作为一名光荣的人民教师，我也有责任有义务，帮助每一位学生都能拥有扬帆起航的能力。选择苏州旅游财经高等职业学校，选择了一方理想的工作之地；选择教师，选择了一段最美好的人生旅程。我选择了自己所爱，并爱着自己的选择。

第五篇：金凯瑞经典-楚门的世界完整剧本（模版）

《楚门的世界》英文剧本

The Truman Show

This is the full transcript of The Truman Show.It in no way intends to

infringe upon the rights of the writers, exhibitors，etc., of the movie.The Lunar Room

CHRISTOF

We've become bored with watching actors

give us phony emotions.We're tired of

pyrotechnics and special effects.While

the world he inhabits is in some

respects counterfeit, there's nothing

fake about Truman himself.No

scripts, no cue cards...It isn't always

Shakespeare but it's genuine.It's a

life.Truman's Bathroom

producers, distributors，TRUMAN

(to mirror cam)

I'm not going to make it.You're going

to have to go on without me.No way，mister, you're going to the top of this

mountain...Broken legs and all.The Lunar Room

CHRISTOF

We find many viewers leave him on all

night for comfort.Truman's Bathroom

TRUMAN

(to mirror cam)

You're crazy, you know that?

Interview

MERYL

Well, I mean, there is no--there is no

difference between a private life and a

public life.My--my life is my life, is

The Truman Show.The Truman Show is...a

lifestyle.It's a noble life.It is...a

truly blessed life.Truman's Bathroom

TRUMAN

(to mirror cam)

I'm not going to get to the top.All

right, promise me one thing though: If

I die before I reach the summit, you will

use me as an alternative source of food.Eeeewww.xiexiebang.coma he's probably uninsurable!

(whispering)

Yes, uh..Fiji please.Do you have a listing

for a Lauren Garland?....unlisted....okay..Do you have a Sylvia Garland? S for Sylvia.None...okay, thank you.(hangs up phone)

OFFICE NEIGHBOR

Let's see, Burbank, got a prospect in Wells

Park for you to close.TRUMAN Wel-Wells Park? On uh...Harbor Island?

OFFICE NEIGHBOR

You...know another one?

TRUMAN

Well, I can't do it.I uh...have an

appointment.Dentist.OFFICE NEIGHBOR

Really?

TRUMAN

Yeah.(Toothy grin)

OFFICE NEIGHBOR

You're going to lose a lot more than your teeth

if you don't meet your quota.Truman.They're

making cutbacks in here this month.TRUMAN Cutbacks?

OFFICE NEIGHBOR

Yeah.You need this.'sides, half hour across

the bay, a little sea air..do you good.TRUMAN

Hey, thanks.At the Docks

TRUMAN

Hello!Ferry's still here, huh? Well, I'm

headin' to sea.TICKETPERSON

One way or return?

TRUMAN

(like duh)

Return.TICKETPERSON

Here you go, sir.FERRY STAFF

(re: Truman's faint condition)

Do you need any help, sir?

TRUMAN

You go ahead, I'll-I'll be fine.Truman's Lawn

MERYL

I'm home, Truman!Look what I got for you

at the checkout.It's a Chef's Pal.It's a

dicer, grater, peeler all in one.Never

needs sharpening.Dishwasher safe.TRUMAN

Wow.That's amazing!

MERYL Truman.Missed a spot.Unfinished Bridge

MARLON

Mm.THAT is a beer.TRUMAN

You know, I've been thinking about gettin'

out, Marlon.MARLON

Yeah? Out of what?

TRUMAN

Out of my job.Out of this city.Off this

island.Out.MARLON

Out of your job? What the hell is wrong

with your job? You have a great job，Truman.You have a desk job.I'd kill for a desk job.(re: beer)

Here ya' go.(continuing)

You should try stocking vending machines

for a living.TRUMAN

No thanks.MARLON

Now there's excitement.TRUMAN

Don't you ever get restless? Itchy feet?

MARLON

Where is there to go?

TRUMAN

Fiji.MARLON

Where the hell is Fiji? Near Florida?

TRUMAN

(using golf ball as Earth)

See here?

MARLON

Mmmhm..TRUMAN

(finger on one point of ball)

This is us...and all the way around here..(finger slides around to

opposite point)

Fiji.MARLON

Mmmm...(Oh...)

TRUMAN

can't get any further away before you start coming back.....You know, there are still

islands in Fiji where no human being has ever

set foot?

(question to Andrew Niccol: is Fiji a reference to Lister's, a

character on the British Sci-fi comedy “Red Dwarf,”dream of building

a farm in Fiji?)

MARLON

hoo..So, when're you gonna go?

TRUMAN

It's not that simple.It takes money.Planning.Can't just..up and go.MARLON

Right.TRUMAN

I'm gonna' do it.Don't worry about that.You know, bonus time's just around the corner.MARLON

Hmmm.Hey, you comin' for a drink?

TRUMAN

No.Can't..Flashback to Ocean

KIRK

I don't like the look of that weather, son.I think we should head back.YOUNG TRUMAN

Oh no, Dad.KIRK

No..we should go back.YOUNG TRUMAN

Just a little further.Please.KIRK Okay.YOUNG TRUMAN

Yeah.THUNDER

(boom)

YOUNG TRUMAN

Daddy!

Beach

TRUMAN

Ugh.Ha ha ha ha ha!Ahhhhhhhh!

Truman Home

MERYL

You're soaked!Where have you been?

TRUMAN I figured we could scrape together eight

thousand dollars--

MERYL

Every time you and Marlon get together something--

TRUMAN

We could bum around the world for a year

on that.MERYL

And then what, Truman? We'd be where we were

five years ago.You're talking like a

teenager.TRUMAN

Maybe I feel like a teenager.MERYL

We have mortgage payments, Truman.We have

car payments.What? We're just going to

walk away from our financial obligations?

TRUMAN

We need adventure..MERYL

I thought we were going to try for a baby.Isn't that enough of an adventure?

TRUMAN

That can wait.I need to get away.See

some of the world.Explore!

MERYL

You want to be an explorer...This'll pass.We all think like this now and again.Let's get you out of these wet clothes，huh? And into bed.Security Garage

SECURITY GUARD

You never see anything anyway.They always uh..turn the camera, and..play music and...you

know, the wind blows and then the curtain moves.You don't see anything.Newspaper Stand

TRUMAN

Ooohhhhh...and I'll pick one of these up

while I'm at it.HAROLD

For the wife.TRUMAN

She's gotta' have 'em.HAROLD

Anything else?

TRUMAN

That's the whole ball o' wax.HAROLD

See ya' later Truman.On the Street

TRUMAN

Dad?........Hey.What're you doing? Hey!

Oh!Oof!Ah!Move out of the way!Stop

them!Oh!Oh.Oof.No no wait!Stop!Stop!

Hey!Open the doors!Open the...!Somebody

stop the bus!Stop the bus!Somebody stop it!

Truman's Mother's House

MOTHER

It doesn't sound insane at all, Truman.I see him ten times a week, in a hundred

different faces.You know I almost hugged a

perfect stranger in the salon last Thursday.TRUMAN

It was dad.I swear!Dressed like a homeless man!And you know what else was strange? A

business man and a woman with a little dog came

out of nowhere and forced him onto a bus.MOTHER

Well!It's about time they cleaned up the trash

downtown before we become just like the rest

of the country.TRUMAN

They never found Dad's body.Maybe somehow...MOTHER

Oh no...!

TRUMAN

I'm telling you, if it wasn't him, it was

his twin.Did dad have a bother?

MOTHER

Truman, you know perfectly well that your

father was an only child, just like you.No sweetie, you're just feeling bad because

of what happened.You, sailing off into

that storm....But I never blamed you, Truman.And I don't blame you now.Truman's Basement

MERYL

What're you doing down here?

TRUMAN

Fixin' the mower....I saw my father today.MERYL

I know....(in response to Truman's

paranoid look)

Your mother called.You REALLY shouldn't upset

her like that.TRUMAN

Did you want--? What did you want?

MERYL

(super happy)

I made macaroni!

TRUMAN

I'm not hungry.MERYL

You know..you really oughta' throw out that

mower.Get one of those new Elk Rotaries.The Truman Bar

WAITRESS

(re: Truman holding red

sweater)

What's he doing?

WAITRESS

See, they got rid of her, but they couldn't

erase the memory.WAITRESS

The memory of who?

WAITRESS

shh shh shh shh shh shh...Flashback: In Front of Truman's College(Go Seahorses)

CHEERLEADERS(O.S.)

S!E!A!H!O!R!S!E!S!

MERYL

(stumbling into Truman)

Ow!Ouch!

TRUMAN

Oh!Ohhhh!

MERYL

Ouch!

TRUMAN

You okay?

MERYL

Excuse me!Hi!

TRUMAN Hi!

MERYL

Oh..I'm so sorry I fell on you.TRUMAN

It's okay.MERYL

I'm just--I've just..been a klutz all day.TRUMAN

It's all right.MERYL I think I...sprained my ankle.I could be...sorry...I'm so sorry for falling on you like

that.TRUMAN

It's all right.MERYL

I--I'm Meryl.TRUMAN

Hi.It's...Truman.MERYL

Hey, nice to meet you...College Dance

Twentieth Century Boy plays here.Library

MERYL

Let's go.TRUMAN Shh.MERYL

You can study later.C'mon.TRUMAN

No.I gotta' commit this to memory.MARLON

C'mon, Truman.Let's go for a brewski.C'mon.C'mon.TRUMAN

You're going to hafta' copy off me so be

careful.MERYL

No..?...Better person than I am.I'll see you later, kay? Bye.TRUMAN Bye.MARLON

See ya' later, loser.TRUMAN

Ow!Shhhh!*sigh*.......Hi...Konichiwa?

LAUREN

What?

TRUMAN

You take Japanese.LAUREN

Oh!Yes.Yes..TRUMAN

Lauren, right?....It's on your book.LAUREN

Lauren.Right.Right.TRUMAN

Well, I'm Truman.LAUREN

Yeah.I know.Look, Truman, I'm not allowed

to talk to you.You know.TRUMAN

Yeah, well, I can understand, I'm a pretty

dangerous character.LAUREN

I'm sorry.It's not like that.TRUMAN

A girl's gotta' be careful.....It's a boyfriend，right?

LAUREN

No, it's not like--

TRUMAN

Of course not.Is it--was it Meryl, the girl I was

with? We're not--we don't--we're--we're--we're just--

we're friends.It's how I look.Not your type.LAUREN

No.(that's not it)

TRUMAN

I like your pin.Was wondering that myself.LAUREN Mm.TRUMAN

Would you wanna maybe, possibly..sometime

go out for some pizza or something? Friday?

Saturday? Sunday? Coming Tuesday?....(re: Lauren's note “NOW”)We have finals tomorrow...LAUREN

Yeah, I know.If we don't go now, we won't have

the chance.Do you understand? So what are you

gonna do.Beach

TRUMAN

Woohoo!Please keep your hands inside the

caaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!...This is my favorite pizza

place.Tony!I wanna large, extra plankton.LAUREN

We have so little time.They're going to

be here any minute.TRUMAN

Who are they?

LAUREN They don't want me talking to you.TRUMAN

Then don't talk.They kiss.LAUREN

Truman.TRUMAN

What do they want?

LAUREN

Listen to me.Everyone knows about--

everyone knows everything you do.'Cause they're

pretending, Truman.Do you--Do you understand?

Everybody's pretending.TRUMAN

__?__.LAUREN

No no no, ah, my name's not Lauren.No no.My name's Sylvia.TRUMAN

Sylvia?

LAUREN

Yeah.LAUREN'S FATHER

Lauren, sweetheart.Out again?

TRUMAN

Hey, wait a minute.Who are you?

LAUREN'S FATHER

I'm her father!

LAUREN

What? I've never even seen you before today.LAUREN'S FATHER

C'mon, sweetie.Please, honey.LAUREN

He's lying!Truman, please!Don't listen to him!

Everything I've told you is the truth!

LAUREN'S FATHER

Please...LAUREN

This..it--it's fake.It's all for you.TRUMAN

I don't understand.LAUREN

An--and the sky and the sea, everything.It's a set.It's a show.LAUREN'S FATHER

Please.It'll be all right.LAUREN

Please don't listen!He's going to lie to you!

Everyone's arguing at once.TRUMAN

I really would like to know what's going on!

LAUREN'S FATHER

Schizophrenia.It's episodes.TRUMAN

It's what?(?)

LAUREN

Please!No!

LAUREN'S FATHER

You forget it, forget everything.LAUREN Don't do it!Don't Truman!

LAUREN'S FATHER

Don't worry.Don't worry!You're not the first.You're not the first.LAUREN

Truman!

LAUREN'S FATHER

She brings all her boyfriends down here.LAUREN

What's he saying? Truman, he's lying!

Get out of here.Come and find me.LAUREN'S FATHER

Don't worry.We're going to Fiji.TRUMAN

See you in school!

LAUREN'S FATHER

Fiji.We're moving to Fiji.TRUMAN

Fiji?.....(re: Sylvia's sweater)

Sylvia!Hey!

Truman Bar

WAITRESS

Well, why didn't he just follow her to Fiji?

WAITRESS

His mother got sick.Really sick.He couldn't

leave her.He's kind.Maybe he's too kind.WAITRESS

I can't believe he married Meryl on the rebound.BARTENDER

Excuse me....It's sad, we've already got this on the greatest hits tape.WAITRESS

Can I borrow that?

Truman's Basement

TRUMAN

__?__.Truman's Car

RADIO

And it's another beautiful day in paradise，folks, but don't forget to buckle up out there

in radio land.remember...a good driver....go

go go go go go go driver good driver really good

good good good good driver good driver goo

driver goo goo goo...(TRUMAN plays with knob)

Wait for the cue __?__ wait for the cue.Standby one.Stand by to watch him.Stand by(static...)

He's heading west on Stewart.Stand by all extras.Lynn，he'll be on you in about 90 seconds, props make sure

the copies out.Okay, he's making his turn onto

Lancaster Square...(screams)

Oh my God!He knew we were following, something's wrong，uh, change frequencies!

(Feed back, everyone on the

street reacts)

Ouch!Huh, sorry about that, folks, I guess we picked

up a police frequency or something.It sometimes

happens and it can drive you crazy.Okay, it's

classical climb, back on the air, and we've still

got some great music up ahead.But hey!Don't forget

to buckle up.Remember safety.A good driver is a

safe driver.A safe driver is what? Yes!Haha!

*click*

Omnicom Building

SECURITY GUARD Uh, do you need help?

TRUMAN

Uh, yeah, um, I have an appointment at uh...Huh?...What's that stuff he's...? Just tell me what's...SECURITY GUARD

It's nothing.We're remodeling.TRUMAN

Those people...SECURITY GUARD

It's none of your business, sir.TRUMAN

If you don't tell me what's happening I'll report you!

Mini-market

TRUMAN Marlon!

MARLON

Truman? What're you doing here?

TRUMAN

I gotta' talk to you.MARLON

It's a bad time, okay? I'm way behind on--

TRUMAN

I'm on to something, Marlon.Something big.MARLON

You okay? You look like shit.TRUMAN

I've gotten mixed up in something.MARLON

Mixed up in what?

TRUMAN

There's no point in trying to explain it, but

a lot of strange things have been happening.Like, like..at your company.There were people

getting on the elevator, there was no--there was

no backing on it.MARLON Heh.TRUMAN

I looked out, there was people there.And the--

on the radio, on the way to work, it started to，like, follow me around!Kept talking about

everything that I'm doing!You know what I mean?

MARLON

Now, Truman, if this is one of your fantasies, I've

got no time to--

TRUMAN I think this is about my dad.MARLON

Your dad?

TRUMAN

I think he's alive.Yeah.I'll tell you about it

later.I think I'm being followed.MARLON

By who?

TRUMAN

It's hard to tell.They look just like regular

people.MARLON

How about those two?

TRUMAN

I dunno.MARLON

mm-hmm...TRUMAN

Watch, it's those unpredictable actions...(or they can't follow unpredictable actions...)

Truman claps twice.TRUMAN

Anything happen?

MARLON No.TRUMAN

Mm-hmm.We gotta' get out of here.You ready to go?

MARLON

No, I just can't--...I told you I can't.TRUMAN(makes a disgusted noise)

MARLON

You're going to get both our asses fired, you

know that.TRUMAN

Okay, then!Let's do it!

MARLON

What?

TRUMAN

Whatever you say!I'm game!

MARLON

What? What're you talking about?

TRUMAN

Yessirree!Birthday comes but once a year!Hah hah...Beach at Sunset