How I Found Myself — By Impersonating Other People | Melissa Villaseñor | TED

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: SF Huang

Hi, I'm Melissa Villaseñor, and I do voice impressions.

嗨，我是梅麗莎‧維拉塞諾， 我做聲音模仿。

舉個例子，

For example,

this is Kristen Wiig about to go skydiving.

這是克莉絲汀‧薇格 要去跳傘的樣子：

“I changed my mind.

「我改變主意了。

I'm, I'm scared, I'm scared I'll get stuck on a cloud,

我很怕。我很怕我會卡在雲上 然後就得變成小天使了。」

and then I’ll have to become an angel.”

(Laughter and applause)

（笑聲和掌聲）

Thanks.

謝謝。

This is Sandra Bullock

接著是珊卓‧布拉克，

if she were to knock over a bunch of dominoes.

這是她要推倒一堆骨牌時的樣子。

Just pretend they're here in the room.

假裝這裡有一堆骨牌。

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.”

「不，不，不，不，不，不。」

That's it.

就這樣。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

She always does that in movies.

她在電影上老是這樣。

And this is Lady Gaga

再來是女神卡卡，

if she gave birth to a baby in "A Star is Born."

她在《一個巨星的誕生》中 若生孩子會是這個樣子。

(Vocalizing)

（發聲）

(Vocalizing baby crying)

（發出寶寶哭聲）

(Applause and laughter)

（掌聲及笑聲）

卡卡女士，一個巨星誕生了。

Miss Gaga, a star is born.

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And this is Melissa Villaseñor giving a TED Talk.

再來就是梅麗莎‧維拉塞諾 在 TED 演說的樣子。

Hi, I'm Melissa Villaseñor and I do voice impressions.

嗨，我是梅麗莎‧維拉塞諾， 我做聲音模仿。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

A little bit about me.

略微談一下我自己。

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California,

我土生土長在加州洛杉磯的 一個墨裔美籍家庭中。

to a Mexican-American family.

Middle child, OK, I was very shy.

我是排行中間的孩子，很害羞， 在學校表現不是最好的。

I didn't do the best in school,

but I was very observant, maybe a little creepy.

但我的觀察力很敏銳， 也許有點詭異。

And I realized I had this superpower of doing voice impressions

我十二歲時發現我有 聲音模仿的超能力。

when I was 12 years old.

And it all began with the pop singers at that time, OK.

一切都始於當時的一位流行歌手。

Britney Spears:

小甜甜布蘭妮：

“All you people look at me like I’m a little girl.”

「大家都把我當小女孩 看待（歌詞）。」

I know, spooky.

我知道，很讓人毛骨悚然。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And hot.

也很火辣。我應該常常那樣做對吧？

I should do that all the time, huh?

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I sang a lot of Shakira back then, just,

那時我唱很多夏奇拉的歌，比如：

“There’s a she wolf in the closet.”

「衣櫃裡有一隻女狼（歌詞）。」

And I was kind of wolf-like singing at 13, you know, hairy, puberty days.

我十三歲時是有點像狼在唱歌， 那是很多毛的青春期。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I looked up to Gwen Stefani in high school.

我高中的偶像是關‧史蒂芬妮， 我因為「不要懷疑」而愛上她，

I loved Gwen Stefani from No Doubt, and I wanted to look like her.

我想變得像她一樣。

So I shaved my eyebrows real thin to copy her,

我模仿她把眉毛剔得很細， 就像「土星歸來」時期的關。

like in the "Return of Saturn" days, that Gwen.

And I thought, "Oh, my friends at school must think

我心想：「我在學校的 朋友一定會認為

I look just like Gwen Stefani."

我看起來就像關‧史蒂芬妮。」

I probably looked more like It, the clown.

我可能更像《牠》的小丑。

It was spooky, thin, just,

細得很驚悚，像這樣：

“I kinda always knew I’d end up looking like It.”

「我算是一直都知道 我最後會像這個樣子。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I loved making my friends laugh at school with my voices.

在學校，我喜歡用 我的聲音逗我的朋友開心。

And I suddenly wasn't so shy anymore.

突然間我就不再那麼害羞了， 我覺得這就是我存在的意義，

I felt like, oh, this is why I'm here.

那個意義就是帶來喜悅和歡笑。

This is my purpose, to bring joy and laughs.

And I suddenly got obsessed with Saturday Night Live at 15 years old.

我十五歲時突然迷上了 《週六夜現場》，

And I was so determined, I was like,

我好堅決，

I'm going to become a comedian

我說，我要成為喜劇演員， 我要進入《週六夜現場》的卡司。

and I'm going to get on the cast of Saturday Night Live.

所以在高中畢業後，

So right after high school, I graduate,

I go straight to signing up for open mic shows in Hollywood.

我就直接報名參加 好萊塢的開放麥克風表演。

My parents went straight to worrying for their daughter.

我父母立即擔心起他們的女兒。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Now I went to junior college for them.

我為了他們去讀短期大學。

You know, I went for, like, a quarter or a semester.

我去了一季或一個學期。

I don't know, I wasn't there long enough to find out.

我待得不夠久所以不清楚。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

但謝天謝地，我在職涯初期 就得到了很棒的機會，

But thankfully I got amazing opportunities pretty early on in my career

because I think it was rare to see a female voice impressionist

我想是因為做聲音 模仿的女性很罕見，

at comedy clubs.

在喜劇俱樂部很少， 這麼可愛的更少。

And a cute one.

(Laughs)

（笑）

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

But I got the opportunity to be on “America’s Got Talent”

但我有機會上了《美國達人秀》，

season six in 2011.

2011 年的第六季。

不騙你們，我超優，九十秒鐘，

I'm not going to lie, I killed it, OK, 90 seconds.

I did a bunch of impressions, just,

我做了一堆模仿，

Barbara Walters.

包括芭芭拉‧華特斯，

I did a Natalie Portman from the "Black Swan."

還有《黑天鵝》裡的娜塔莉‧波曼。

I did a Sarah Silverman.

也表演了一段莎菈‧席佛曼。

Wanda Sykes.

汪黛‧塞克絲。

I did Miley Cyrus.

我也學了麥莉‧希拉。

And Christina Aguilera, oh, oh.

還有克莉絲汀‧阿奎萊拉，喔，喔。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

From that exposure, being on that show,

有了那次曝光，上了那個節目， 讓我可以辭掉我打工的工作，

I was able to quit my part-time job

and become a headlining comedian around the country

成為全國各地俱樂部 和大學的紅牌喜劇演員。

for clubs and colleges.

Now, that's amazing if you've been doing stand up for a while,

即使是做單口喜劇一陣子的人 要做到這樣都很神了，

but I only had ten minutes and suddenly I had to do an hour

但我只有十分鐘，突然間 我就得在喜劇俱樂部做一小時的

at comedy club.

表演，所以我常搞砸。

So I bombed a lot.

I cried in a lot of hotels around the country.

我在全國各地許多飯店裡哭過。

But I noticed something as I was on the road,

但當我在路上準備笑話 和表演時，我注意到一點：

working on jokes and performing,

I noticed that everyone was laughing at all the impression bits.

只要是做模仿，就能 讓每個人都笑出來。

But every time I tried to talk about myself and my life, my family,

但每當我試著談我自己、 我的人生、我的家庭，

it didn't get laughs and it was starting to bug me.

都沒有人笑，這開始讓我心煩。

People will come up to me after shows and they would go,

節目結束後，會有人來找我，說：

"Oh, I love your Owen Wilson impression.

「喔，我好愛你模仿歐文‧威爾森。

He's so funny."

他好好笑。」

And I'd say, "Thanks,"

我會說：「謝謝。」

but inside I'd be like,

但我內心的 OS 是：

"Wait, do they only like me for my Owen Wilson impression, wow?

「等等，他們喜歡我只是 因為我模仿歐文‧威爾森？

That really bums me out, man."

那真的讓我很沮喪，老兄。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So at that point I became determined again.

所以那時，我又再次確認了， 我說，不，我要寫我自己的事。

I was like, no, I'm going to write about myself.

I want to find my own voice among the voices that I do

我想在我模仿的聲音當中 找到我自己的聲音，

because I think it's important and it's special,

因為我認為那很重要、很特別， 且我認為最棒的連結感

and I think it's the best feeling to connect

as your true self with other people.

就是用你真實的自己和他人連結。

(Laughs)

（笑）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

And, you know, thankfully, I did find a voice.

謝天謝地，我確實找到了一個聲音。

Yeah, a funny-sounding one, but a voice.

是的，聽起來很好笑， 但仍然是一個聲音。

And I like making fun of things in life.

我喜歡拿人生中的事物來開玩笑， 會讓人覺得生活好過一點。

It just makes life a little easier to handle.

I like making fun of my energy.

我喜歡拿我的能量來開玩笑。

It's not sexy.

它不性感。你們有感覺到它。

You feel it.

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

My energy is a lot like a proud dad's.

我的能量很像一個驕傲父親的能量。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

No wonder relationships don't work out.

難怪戀情都沒結果。

Because every time I go on a date,

因為我每次去約會，都會 打量對方然後開口就說：

I check out the dude, first thing I go,

"Man, look at you."

「老兄，看看你。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"Ah, you look good.

「啊，你看來很棒。

Is that a new jacket?

那外套是新的？你看起來 實在有帥，我的兄弟。」

You look really sharp, my boy."

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"Here's 20 bucks.

「給你二十塊， 別告訴你媽，去吧。」

Don't tell your mom, go ahead."

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I like talking about how I'm Mexican, you know?

我喜歡談我的墨西哥裔背景。

And I don't look it, a lot of people don't believe me.

我看起來不像，很多人不相信。

All my life, people would say,

我一生中，大家總會說：「喔， 你是墨西哥裔？看起來不像。」

"Oh, you're Mexican? You don't look Mexican."

And I get so apologetic, I'm like,

我就會很抱歉地說：

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot my sombrero.

「喔，真抱歉，

我忘了戴我的墨西哥帽。喔，天。

Oh, man.

Did I not roll my Rs enough? Sorry."

我捲舌捲得不夠嗎？抱歉。」

And I just have to salsa away.

我得一邊跳騷莎一邊離開了。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I know, exterior, you wouldn't believe it,

我知道，外在，你不會相信， 但要知道，在內在……

but just know that inside ...

A lot of piñatas in here.

有很多皮納塔在這裡。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I bleed Tapatío.

我流的血是墨西哥辣醬。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You know, I don't speak Spanish.

我不會說西班牙文。

I was a lazy kid,

我小時候很懶。

second generation Mexican, I didn't work on it.

第二代墨西哥人，我沒有去學母語。

I know, shame on me.

我知道，我該羞愧。

Or as you would say in Spanish ...

或者用西班牙文說，就是……

I don't know.

我也不會說。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I have been working on my Spanish though,

我有在學西班牙文了，因為 我有很多親戚只會說西班牙文。

because there's a lot of relatives of mine that only speak in Spanish.

And I think back when I would hang out with my great grandma, my abuelita,

我回想我以前會和曾祖母相處，

you know, I would just nod and smile and wave at her.

我就只會對她點頭、微笑、揮手。

How rude.

多沒禮貌啊。

But she didn't mind, she would just stare at me lovingly, you know.

但她不介意，只是慈祥地看著我。

I'd be like, "Hey, abuelita, how are you?"

我會說：「嘿，曾祖母，你好嗎？」

“Ay.”

「啊。」

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

Thanks, you’re bonita, too.

謝謝，你也很漂亮。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"Ay."

「啊。」

接著她就會開始 用西班牙文講我的壞話。

And then she'd start talking crap about me in Spanish.

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

(Laughs)

（笑）

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Laughs)

（笑）

I know I’m loca. You too, huh?

我知道我很瘋，你也是吧？

"No, me no."

「不，我不是。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

What? The tone changed.

什麼？語調改變了。

What are you two saying over here?

你們兩個在說什麼？我不喜歡 這樣，你為什麼現在很悲傷？

I don’t like this. Why are you sad now?

(Speaking in Spanish)

（說西班牙語）

What is that, boyfriend?

你說什麼？男朋友？我現在 不想要男朋友，我很自由。

I don’t want one right now, I’m free.

（說西班牙語）

(Speaking in Spanish)

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Fair enough.

好吧，說得通。

See, I like imitating my family and talking about them,

我喜歡模仿我的家人並談論他們，

because that'll never get old, that's always a part of me.

因為那永遠不會過時， 那總是我的一部分。

Celebrities, I don't even know them, you know?

名人，我根本不認識他們。

But this means so much to me.

但這對我意義重大，我喜歡 模仿我媽媽，她是個有趣的人。

I like imitating my mom, she's a funny character.

When I'm driving my car and she's in the passenger seat,

當我在開我的車， 她坐在我旁邊的位子上，

she's a backseat driver,

她是個後座司機， 她會指點我要怎樣開車，

she comments on my driving,

and she knows it pisses me off.

她知道那樣會惹毛我。

So she whispers everything about my driving,

所以當我開車而她想要嘮叨時， 她就會用低語的方式，

which is like, that's worse.

那樣反而更糟。

Everything sounds so dirty to my innocent ears.

在我無辜的耳朵裡，聽來好黃喔。

I'm driving,

我在開車，她坐在 我旁邊緊抓著把手。

she's in the passenger seat holding on to that rail, you know.

She's pressing --

她在踩——我都不知道那邊也有 煞車踏板，她在就這樣子踩著——

I didn't know there was a brake pedal on that side

because she is pressing it, she's just --

(Breathes sharply through teeth)

（透過牙齒急促呼吸）

(Whispering) "Slow down."

（低語）「慢下來。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Whispering) "Oh, you're going too fast."

（低語）「喔，你速度太快了。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Whispering) "Oh, we're not in a rush."

（低語）「喔，我們又不趕時間。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Whispering) "Oh, my back."

（低語）「喔，我的背。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"Oh, there's a spot right there,

「喔，這裡有個車位（點）， 就在那裡，在那裡，喔！」

right there, right there, right there, oh."

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"You missed it."

「你錯過了。」

Ew, nasty.

呃，好噁。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Now, after nine years in my journey,

我走上這條路九年後，

I did get the chance to audition for Saturday Night Live in 2016,

我真的在 2016 年得到去 《週六夜現場》試鏡的機會，

and I get cast on the show.

我也被選上了。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼及掌聲）

It was so beautiful to be on the show and magical,

能上那個節目實在很美妙 很神奇，我覺得我進入了……

I felt like I entered ...

I mean, my dream, it was real.

我的夢，而它是真的。

It was ...

真的就是很美妙。

It was beautiful.

And being on SNL amplified everything I ever wanted,

登上《週六夜現場》放大了我曾經 想要的一切，特別是做聲音模仿。

especially for doing voices.

Now, I left SNL after six seasons on the show, just recently,

我在《週六夜現場》 待了六季後，最近剛離開。

因為，第一，

because, one,

I wasn't strong enough anymore to handle the pressure of the show.

我不夠強壯，無法處理 節目帶來的壓力。

第二，

Two,

I wasn't having fun anymore looking up celebrities.

我不再能從模仿名人中得到樂趣。

And three, there was something inside me, inside Meliss, that was saying,

第三，在我內心， 在梅麗莎內心有個聲音在說，

there's more to discover about myself, there's more talents,

我自己還有更多可以 發掘之處，還有更多……

才華，更多要學習的， 更多可以擴展的。

there's more things to learn, to expand on.

So now I'm in a funny position because I did the --

所以現在我的處境很好笑，

因為我做了——邪惡的笑。

Evil laugh.

(Imitates evil laugh)

（模仿邪惡的笑）

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

No, but it is a funny position I'm in

我的處境很好笑，因為那是我 從十五歲就開始努力追求的目標，

because that was the goal I worked for since 15

and it's so like, now, like, what do I do?

我就想，現在我要做什麼？

Has anyone here reached a life goal and still have years left?

在座有人已經實現了人生的目標， 卻還有很多日子要過嗎？

(Laughter and applause)

（笑聲及掌聲）

There was one day recently, I Googled

最近有一天，我上網搜尋

"What the hell do Olympians do after they go to the Olympics?"

「奧運選手在參加 奧運之後要幹嘛？」

Just because I want to know other people that feel this way.

我只是想知道有沒有 其他人也有這種感覺。

I did find out on Google, Olympians become teachers and mentors.

我搜尋後的確發現有些奧運選手 後來成了老師、導師。

And I thought,

我心想：「去它的， 我才不想做這個。」

"Well, eff that. I don't want to do that."

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

The thing I noticed within the six years of being on SNL,

我在《週六夜現場》的 六年間注意到一件事，

there was something -- the best stuff that I did

有某種——我做得最好的，

were pieces where I was doing my impressions,

是我在演出時除了做模仿， 同時也仍然在做梅麗莎。

but I was also very much being Melissa.

So as I go forth in my journey,

所以，隨著我繼續我的旅程，

I've got to remember to always share the gifts that I have of doing voices

我必須要記得時時分享 我能模仿聲音的天賦，

and also make sure I could be vulnerable and be myself.

同時要確保我可以有脆弱的 時候且也可以做自己。

So something I love to share at my standup shows is

所以我在單口表演時 很喜歡分享的一個主題是

how I struggle with low self-esteem,

我如何為低自尊所苦， 且經常得告訴我自己

and I constantly have to tell myself positive talk and affirmations.

正面的話語以及肯定自己。

Now I don't use my voice.

我不是用我自己的聲音。

我的聲音太諷刺， 我都不會相信我自己。

No, I sound too sarcastic, I don't believe me.

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

If I say, "I'm good at what I do, I'm funny."

若我說「我很擅長我做的事， 我很有趣，」我不……不。

I don't ... no.

謝天謝地，我有 桃莉‧巴頓的模仿可以用，

Thankfully, I have a Dolly Parton impression,

so I say my affirmations as Dolly.

所以我模仿桃麗來肯定 我自己的效果就好很多。

Works way better.

“I’m good at what I do.

「我很擅長我做的。我很努力。」

I work hard.”

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

（唱歌）我從朝九到晚五都在工作。

(Singing) I work nine to five.

What a way to make a living.

多好的一種謀生方式。

More like 10 minutes because I’m doing a TED Talk.

更像是十分鐘， 因為我在 TED 做演說。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼及掌聲）

So I hope the lesson or thing you leave with

我希望各位離開時能記住的重點

is that I hope you could put your masks down, your personas,

是我希望各位能拿掉 你的面具，你的角色，

and be your true, true self because man, it rocks.

做真正的你自己， 因為，老兄，那超讚。

Maybe learn a Dolly impression so you could look in the mirrorm

也許可以學學模仿桃莉，

這樣你就可以看著鏡子，說： 「我很勇敢，我很美麗。」

and say, "I am brave, I am beautiful."

Or better yet, learn your Melissa impression

或者，更好的是，學習模仿梅麗莎，

so you can look in the mirror and say,

那你就可以看著鏡子，說：

"Man, look at you.

「老兄，看看你。

Yeah, you're cool."

是啊，你很酷。」

Muchas gracias, thank you.

非常謝謝（西班牙語）。謝謝。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼及掌聲）