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[Events]
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.96,0:00:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a while ago, I tried an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.64,0:00:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one year, I would say yes\Nto all the things that scared me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.72,0:00:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that made me nervous,\Ntook me out of my comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.08,0:00:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forced myself to say yes to.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.36,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to speak in public?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.28,0:00:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to be on live TV?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.20,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.48,0:00:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to try acting?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.32,0:00:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, no, but yes, yes, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.40,0:00:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a crazy thing happened:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.48,0:00:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very act of doing\Nthe thing that scared me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.24,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undid the fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.92,0:00:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made it not scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.48,0:00:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fear of public speaking,\Nmy social anxiety, poof, gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.60,0:00:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing, the power of one word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.60,0:00:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes" changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.76,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes" changed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.48,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was one particular yes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.88,0:00:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that affected my life\Nin the most profound way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.84,0:00:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way I never imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.68,0:00:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it started with a question\Nfrom my toddler.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.44,0:01:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have these three amazing daughters,\NHarper, Beckett and Emerson,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.76,0:01:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Emerson is a toddler who inexplicably\Nrefers to everyone as "honey."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.28,0:01:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though she's a Southern waitress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.16,0:01:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.40,0:01:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Honey, I'm gonna need some milk\Nfor my sippy cup."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.24,0:01:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Southern waitress asked me\Nto play with her one evening
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.16,0:01:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was on my way somewhere,\Nand I said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that yes was the beginning\Nof a new way of life for my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a vow that from now on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time one of my children\Nasks me to play,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.36,0:01:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what I'm doing\Nor where I'm going,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.92,0:01:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say yes, every single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.28,0:01:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost. I'm not perfect at it,\Nbut I try hard to practice it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.92,0:01:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's had a magical effect on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.36,0:01:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my children, on our family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.52,0:01:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also had a stunning side effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.48,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until recently\Nthat I fully understood it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.08,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I understood that saying yes\Nto playing with my children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.68,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely saved my career.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.76,0:01:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I have what most people\Nwould call a dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a writer. I imagine.\NI make stuff up for a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.72,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.20,0:02:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.56,0:02:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.32,0:02:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.68,0:02:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I create television.\NI executive produce television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.16,0:02:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make television,\Na great deal of television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.28,0:02:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one way or another, this TV season,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.16,0:02:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm responsible for bringing about\N70 hours of programming to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.72,0:02:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs,\N70 hours of TV --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.80,0:02:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.84,0:02:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three shows in production\Nat a time, sometimes four.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.32,0:02:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each show creates hundreds of jobs\Nthat didn't exist before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The budget for one episode\Nof network television
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.96,0:02:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be anywhere\Nfrom three to six million dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.36,0:02:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just say five.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.64,0:02:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new episode made every nine days\Ntimes four shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.12,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so every nine days that's\N20 million dollars worth of television,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four television programs, 70 hours of TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.20,0:02:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three shows in production at a time,\Nsometimes four,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.68,0:02:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,16 episodes going on at all times:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.40,0:02:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 episodes of "Grey's,"\N21 episodes of "Scandal,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.80,0:02:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 episodes of\N"How To Get Away With Murder,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.08,0:02:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 episodes of "The Catch,"\Nthat's 70 hours of TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.48,0:02:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's 350 million dollars for a season.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.44,0:02:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America, my television shows
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are back to back to back\Non Thursday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.04,0:03:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the world, my shows air\Nin 256 territories in 67 languages
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.84,0:03:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an audience of 30 million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.68,0:03:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is global,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 45 hours of that 70 hours of TV\Nare shows I personally created
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.24,0:03:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just produced,\Nso on top of everything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.72,0:03:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to find time,\Nreal quiet, creative time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.28,0:03:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gather my fans around the campfire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.48,0:03:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell my stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs, 70 hours of TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.14,0:03:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three shows in production at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.88,0:03:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes four, 350 million dollars,\Ncampfires burning all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.64,0:03:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know who else is doing that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.80,0:03:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody, so like I said, I'm a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.56,0:03:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.08,0:03:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't tell you this to impress you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.36,0:03:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you this because I know what you\Nthink of when you hear the word "writer."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.52,0:03:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you this so that all of you\Nout there who work so hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.45,0:03:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you run a company\Nor a country or a classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.88,0:03:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a store or a home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.40,0:03:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take me seriously\Nwhen I talk about working,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.12,0:03:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'll get that I don't\Npeck at a computer and imagine all day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.12,0:04:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'll hear me when I say
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.04,0:04:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I understand that a dream job\Nis not about dreaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.00,0:04:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all job, all work, all reality,\Nall blood, all sweat, no tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work a lot, very hard, and I love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.84,0:04:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm hard at work,\Nwhen I'm deep in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.20,0:04:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no other feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, my work is at all times\Nbuilding a nation out of thin air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.20,0:04:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is manning the troops.\NIt is painting a canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is hitting every high note.\NIt is running a marathon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.68,0:04:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is being Beyoncé.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.32,0:04:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is all of those things\Nat the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.92,0:04:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love working.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.60,0:04:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is creative and mechanical\Nand exhausting and exhilarating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.68,0:04:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hilarious and disturbing\Nand clinical and maternal
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.28,0:04:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cruel and judicious,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.68,0:04:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what makes it all so good is the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.64,0:04:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is some kind of shift inside me\Nwhen the work gets good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.88,0:04:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hum begins in my brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.80,0:04:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it grows and it grows\Nand that hum sounds like the open road,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.52,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could drive it forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.40,0:04:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people,\Nwhen I try to explain the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.52,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they assume that I'm talking\Nabout the writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my writing brings me joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.24,0:05:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't get me wrong, it does.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.40,0:05:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the hum --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.64,0:05:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't until I started\Nmaking television
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.68,0:05:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I started working, working and making
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.92,0:05:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building and creating\Nand collaborating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.56,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I discovered this thing,\Nthis buzz, this rush, this hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.80,0:05:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is more than writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.84,0:05:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is action and activity.\NThe hum is a drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.12,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is music.\NThe hum is light and air.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.76,0:05:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is God's whisper right in my ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.68,0:05:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you have a hum like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.12,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't help but strive for greatness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.68,0:05:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feeling, you can't help\Nbut strive for greatness at any cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.12,0:05:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's called the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.12,0:05:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, maybe it's called being a workaholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.72,0:05:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.40,0:05:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's called genius.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.20,0:05:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's called ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.52,0:05:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's just fear of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.68,0:06:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.32,0:06:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know that\NI'm not built for failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.16,0:06:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just know that I love the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.84,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know that I want\Nto tell you I'm a titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.12,0:06:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that\NI don't want to question it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.60,0:06:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.08,0:06:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more successful I become,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.92,0:06:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more shows, the more episodes,\Nthe more barriers broken,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.56,0:06:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more work there is to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.76,0:06:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more balls in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.04,0:06:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more eyes on me,\Nthe more history stares,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.96,0:06:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more expectations there are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.28,0:06:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I work to be successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.40,0:06:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I need to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.92,0:06:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did I say about work?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.68,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love working, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.64,0:06:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon I'm running,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.04,0:06:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas,\Nthe high note, the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.28,0:06:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hum, the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.16,0:06:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that hum. I love that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.24,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need that hum. I am that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.60,0:06:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I nothing but that hum?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.32,0:06:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.68,0:06:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overworked, overused,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.12,0:06:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overdone, burned out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.08,0:07:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my three daughters\Nare used to the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.68,0:07:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their mother\Nis a single working titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.56,0:07:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harper tells people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.80,0:07:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My mom won't be there,\Nbut you can text my nanny."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.24,0:07:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Emerson says, "Honey,\NI'm wanting to go to ShondaLand."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.68,0:07:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're children of a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.08,0:07:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're baby titans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.52,0:07:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were 12, 3, and 1\Nwhen the hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.72,0:07:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum of the engine died.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.80,0:07:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped loving work.\NI couldn't restart the engine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.32,0:07:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum would not come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.32,0:07:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hum was broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.48,0:07:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing the same things\NI always did, all the same titan work,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.32,0:07:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15-hour days, working\Nstraight through the weekends,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.80,0:07:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no regrets, never surrender,\Na titan never sleeps, a titan never quits,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.16,0:07:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full hearts, clear eyes, yada, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.00,0:07:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was no hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.84,0:07:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside me was silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.08,0:07:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs, 70 hours of TV,\Nthree shows in production at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.80,0:07:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes four.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.04,0:08:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs, 70 hours of TV,\Nthree shows in production at a time ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.88,0:08:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the perfect titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a titan you could\Ntake home to your mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.52,0:08:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the colors were the same,\Nand I was no longer having any fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.56,0:08:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.80,0:08:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.16,0:08:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the hum, and the hum was me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.64,0:08:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you do when the thing you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.24,0:08:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work you love,\Nstarts to taste like dust?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.88,0:08:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know somebody's out there thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.96,0:08:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cry me a river,\Nstupid writer titan lady."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.36,0:08:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.16,0:08:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.24,0:08:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you make, if you work,\Nif you love what you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.04,0:08:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a teacher, being a banker,\Nbeing a mother, being a painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.12,0:08:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being Bill Gates,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.36,0:08:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you simply love another person\Nand that gives you the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.72,0:08:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.32,0:08:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know what the hum feels like,\Nif you have been to the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.36,0:08:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the hum stops, who are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.64,0:08:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.76,0:08:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What am I?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.20,0:09:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I still a titan?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.08,0:09:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the song of my heart ceases to play,\Ncan I survive in the silence?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.84,0:09:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then my Southern waitress toddler\Nasks me a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.92,0:09:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm on my way out the door,\NI'm late, and she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.84,0:09:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Momma, wanna play?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.88,0:09:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just about to say no,\Nwhen I realize two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.24,0:09:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, I'm supposed\Nto say yes to everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.44,0:09:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two, my Southern waitress\Ndidn't call me "honey."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.56,0:09:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not calling everyone\N"honey" anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.64,0:09:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When did that happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.36,0:09:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm missing it, being a titan\Nand mourning my hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.84,0:09:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here she is changing\Nright before my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.44,0:09:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she says, "Momma, wanna play?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.96,0:09:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.16,0:09:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing special about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We play, and we're joined by her sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.32,0:09:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot of laughing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.80,0:09:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I give a dramatic reading\Nfrom the book Everybody Poops.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.44,0:09:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing out of the ordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.84,0:09:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.96,0:10:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, it is extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.16,0:10:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in my pain and my panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.68,0:10:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the homelessness of my humlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.76,0:10:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have nothing to do but pay attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.76,0:10:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.20,0:10:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am still.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.16,0:10:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon I'm running,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.56,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas,\Nthe high note does not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.40,0:10:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that exists are sticky fingers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.36,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gooey kisses\Nand tiny voices and crayons
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.72,0:10:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that song about letting go
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.32,0:10:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of whatever it is that Frozen girl\Nneeds to let go of.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.36,0:10:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.32,0:10:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all peace and simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.88,0:10:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The air is so rare in this place for me\Nthat I can barely breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.12,0:10:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can barely believe I'm breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.92,0:10:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play is the opposite of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.52,0:10:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.68,0:10:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something in me loosens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.08,0:10:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A door in my brain swings open,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.32,0:10:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a rush of energy comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.84,0:10:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not instantaneous,\Nbut it happens, it does happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.12,0:10:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.64,0:10:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hum creeps back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.48,0:11:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not at full volume, barely there,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's quiet, and I have to stay\Nvery still to hear it, but it is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.52,0:11:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the hum, but a hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.88,0:11:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I feel like I know\Na very magical secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.80,0:11:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's not get carried away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.32,0:11:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just love. That's all it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.24,0:11:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No magic. No secret. It's just love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.12,0:11:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just something we forgot.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.56,0:11:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum, the work hum,\Nthe hum of the titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.08,0:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's just a replacement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.00,0:11:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have to ask you who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.40,0:11:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I have to tell you who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.36,0:11:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I describe myself in terms of shows
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.84,0:11:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hours of television\Nand how globally badass my brain is,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.12,0:11:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have forgotten what the real hum is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.68,0:11:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is not power\Nand the hum is not work-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.88,0:11:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is joy-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.00,0:11:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is love-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.32,0:11:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is the electricity\Nthat comes from being excited by life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.00,0:12:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is confidence and peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.76,0:12:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum ignores the stare of history,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.28,0:12:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the balls in the air,\Nand the expectation, and the pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.32,0:12:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is singular and original.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.48,0:12:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is God's whisper in my ear,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.56,0:12:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe God was whispering\Nthe wrong words,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.96,0:12:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because which one of the gods\Nwas telling me I was the titan?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.80,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.92,0:12:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could all use a little more love,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.92,0:12:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.28,0:12:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any time my child asks me to play,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.92,0:12:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will say yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.24,0:12:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make it a firm rule for one reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.16,0:12:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give myself permission,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.44,0:12:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to free me from all\Nof my workaholic guilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.24,0:12:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a law, so I don't have a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.56,0:12:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.72,0:12:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not if I want to feel the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.00,0:12:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish it were that easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.76,0:12:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not good at playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.36,0:12:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.44,0:12:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not interested in doing it\Nthe way I'm interested in doing work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.40,0:13:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is incredibly humbling\Nand humiliating to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.68,0:13:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.44,0:13:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work all the time\Nbecause I like working.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.24,0:13:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like working more\Nthan I like being at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facing that fact\Nis incredibly difficult to handle,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.72,0:13:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what kind of person\Nlikes working more than being at home?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.64,0:13:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.92,0:13:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, let's be honest,\NI call myself a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.20,0:13:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.60,0:13:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.24,0:13:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of those issues\Nisn't that I am too relaxed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.28,0:13:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.40,0:13:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We run around the yard,\Nup and back and up and back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.72,0:13:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 30-second dance parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.20,0:13:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sing show tunes. We play with balls.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.24,0:13:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I blow bubbles and they pop them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.36,0:13:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel stiff and delirious\Nand confused most of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.80,0:13:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I itch for my cell phone always.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.08,0:13:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.92,0:14:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My tiny humans show me how to live\Nand the hum of the universe fills me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.80,0:14:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I play and I play until I begin to wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.80,0:14:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we ever stop playing\Nin the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.48,0:14:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do it too,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.48,0:14:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say yes every time\Nyour child asks you to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.60,0:14:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you thinking that maybe\NI'm an idiot in diamond shoes?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.52,0:14:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right, but you can still do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.36,0:14:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.04,0:14:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why? Because you're not Rihanna\Nand you're not a Muppet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.80,0:14:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your child does not think\Nyou're that interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.20,0:14:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.36,0:14:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You only need 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.36,0:14:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My two- and four-year-old\Nonly ever want to play with me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.16,0:14:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about 15 minutes or so
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.60,0:14:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they think to themselves\Nthey want to do something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.64,0:14:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an amazing 15 minutes,\Nbut it's 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.24,0:14:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I'm not a ladybug or a piece of candy,\NI'm invisible after 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.24,0:14:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.28,0:14:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my 13-year-old, if I can get\Na 13-year-old to talk to me for 15 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.04,0:14:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Parent of the Year.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.40,0:14:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.08,0:14:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 minutes is all you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.84,0:15:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can totally pull off 15 minutes\Nof uninterrupted time on my worst day.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.12,0:15:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uninterrupted is the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.24,0:15:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No cell phone, no laundry, no anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.16,0:15:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a busy life.\NYou have to get dinner on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.92,0:15:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to force them to bathe.\NBut you can do 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.08,0:15:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My kids are my happy place,\Nthey're my world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.52,0:15:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't have to be your kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.04,0:15:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fuel that feeds your hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.48,0:15:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the place where life\Nfeels more good than not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.16,0:15:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about playing with your kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.68,0:15:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.96,0:15:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about playing in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.16,0:15:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give yourself the 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.12,0:15:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find what makes you feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.32,0:15:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just figure it out and play in that arena.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.92,0:15:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not perfect at it.\NIn fact, I fail as often as I succeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.12,0:15:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing friends, reading books,\Nstaring into space.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.64,0:15:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wanna play?" starts to become shorthand\Nfor indulging myself
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.72,0:15:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways I'd given up on right around\Nthe time I got my first TV show,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.96,0:15:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right around the time\NI became a titan-in-training,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.72,0:16:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right around the time I started\Ncompeting with myself for ways unknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.24,0:16:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 minutes? What could be wrong\Nwith giving myself my full attention
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.76,0:16:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 15 minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.52,0:16:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.96,0:16:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very act of not working has made it\Npossible for the hum to return,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.04,0:16:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if the hum's engine\Ncould only refuel while I was away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.60,0:16:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work doesn't work without play.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.40,0:16:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes a little time,\Nbut after a few months,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.60,0:16:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day the floodgates open
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.24,0:16:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a rush, and I find myself\Nstanding in my office
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.64,0:16:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with an unfamiliar melody,\Nfull on groove inside me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.76,0:16:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and around me, and it sends me\Nspinning with ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.56,0:16:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the humming road is open,\Nand I can drive it and drive it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.64,0:16:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love working again.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.00,0:16:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, I like that hum,\Nbut I don't love that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.76,0:16:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.04,0:16:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not that hum. That hum is not me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.24,0:16:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.04,0:16:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am bubbles and sticky fingers\Nand dinners with friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.76,0:16:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.40,0:16:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.76,0:17:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.08,0:17:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work's hum is still a piece of me,\Nit is just no longer all of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.88,0:17:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am so grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.20,0:17:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't give a crap\Nabout being a titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.32,0:17:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have never once seen a titan\Nplay Red Rover, Red Rover.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.88,0:17:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said yes to less work and more play,\Nand somehow I still run my world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.20,0:17:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is still global.\NMy campfires still burn.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.96,0:17:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the happier I am,\Nand the happier my kids are.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.92,0:17:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play,\Nthe more I feel like a good mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.20,0:17:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play,\Nthe freer my mind becomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.68,0:17:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the better I work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.60,0:17:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the more I feel the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.12,0:17:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon I'm running,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.52,0:17:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas,\Nthe high note, the hum, the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.16,0:17:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other hum, the real hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.00,0:17:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.48,0:17:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I feel that hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.76,0:17:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more this strange,\Nquivering, uncocooned,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.32,0:17:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awkward, brand new,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.68,0:17:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive non-titan feels like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.12,0:17:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I feel that hum,\Nthe more I know who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.56,0:18:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a writer, I make stuff up, I imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.40,0:18:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That part of the job,\Nthat's living the dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.28,0:18:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the dream of the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.96,0:18:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a dream job\Nshould be a little bit dreamy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.84,0:18:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said yes to less work and more play.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.68,0:18:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Titans need not apply.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.16,0:18:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wanna play?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.96,0:18:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.20,0:18:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)