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Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.92,0:00:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I wasn't excited,\Nbut look what I've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.17,0:00:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dropped the papers as soon as I came.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.48,0:00:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.67,0:00:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is so different from being on stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.07,0:00:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're all welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.75,0:00:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited,\Nbut nobody believes me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.58,0:00:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.59,0:00:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm excited, I see it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.78,0:00:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, did I say welcome? Yes, I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.88,0:00:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who shared what\Non social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.89,0:01:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's something like this,\Nand many of you have read it and asked me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.54,0:01:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Levent Ülgen, who is playing\Nthe role of Sinan in Akasya Durağı,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.50,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduated in Physics\Nfrom METU with a grade 4."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.98,0:01:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.34,0:01:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I brought along\Nmy academic record with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.65,0:01:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.56,0:01:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly, thanks to my grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.83,0:01:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.19,0:01:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was 1979. I entered METU\Nin the prep year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.02,0:01:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there was a strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.99,0:01:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the first grade,\NI hardly learned English.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.99,0:01:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disgusting fights every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.79,0:01:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First semester: 0,83.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.77,0:01:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second semester: 1,50.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.43,0:01:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.38,0:01:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failed, repeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.50,0:01:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.20,0:01:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was studying first grade\Nin the second year: 2,25.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.85,0:01:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second semester: 2,74.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second grade: 2,03; maths,\Ncomplex calculus burnt me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.10,0:02:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, 2,17. I passed to third grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2,47.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.05,0:02:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2,83.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.49,0:02:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last grade: 3,07. Honour list.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.29,0:02:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.18,0:02:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last semester: 4,00!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.49,0:02:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Academic record, by God!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.90,0:02:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took lessons in Silicone Technology\Nand History of World Theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.74,0:02:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them was optional,\Nbut did I finish with a 4,00?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.90,0:02:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I have a degree? Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.50,0:02:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some don't even have degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.89,0:02:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.73,0:02:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank God, I have two big diplomas -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.28,0:02:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one from METU and one from Hacettepe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.82,0:03:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it, keep this between us, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.54,0:03:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone thinks I finished with a 4,0,\Nbut they think I finished in 4 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.46,0:03:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep this between us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.79,0:03:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a 4,00 on the academic record,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.89,0:03:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can show it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.90,0:03:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I went to high school\Nin Bozkır, Konya, for two years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.79,0:03:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of my father's job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.52,0:03:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third year, we were appointed to Ankara.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.01,0:03:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was an officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.58,0:03:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you know the political issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.22,0:03:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father came home one night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.95,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave me 250 liras,\Nwhich was the currency then, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.51,0:03:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I enrolled you in the course.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.59,0:03:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I paid for the first one.\NThis is the second payment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.33,0:03:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have fun\Nin a bar or nightclub with this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.31,0:03:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can pay the fee,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.23,0:03:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get into university, study properly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.59,0:03:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and save yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.59,0:03:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I cannot give you a factory,\Na shop, a workbench, nor a farm;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.35,0:03:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way out is by studying."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.43,0:03:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night, I cried until morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.69,0:04:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "Oh, why does he say that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.29,0:04:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is our financial situation bad?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.49,0:04:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day,\NI was enrolled in the course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.85,0:04:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was doing the course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.39,0:04:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to get interested in theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.17,0:04:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started watching plays.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.78,0:04:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first play - I didn't have\Nthe chance to go to the theatre
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.32,0:04:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we were outside Ankara\Nfor a long time -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.60,0:04:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first play that I watched\Nwas in the Ankara Art Theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.58,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sakıncalı Piyade" by Uğur Mumcu.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.69,0:04:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very impressed,\NI really liked the theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.34,0:04:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like another world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.98,0:04:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I started to watch theatre\Nonce a week on the weekends
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.47,0:04:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I went to class.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.70,0:04:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we took the exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.96,0:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The results didn't come in\Ntwo minutes like they do now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.60,0:04:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to wait 2-3 months.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.53,0:04:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While waiting for the results,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.02,0:04:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking down\NMenekşe street with my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.92,0:04:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw the Ankara\NPublic Theatre's signboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that moment,\NI said I would be an actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.23,0:04:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will be an actor," I said.\NMy friends laughed at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.82,0:04:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went, there were courses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.37,0:04:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was enrolled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.65,0:05:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One month later, the news came,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.25,0:05:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had gained entry\Nto study Physics at METU.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.34,0:05:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.81,0:05:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I passed the first stage\Nfor my father at METU, a good university.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.75,0:05:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, it was my 17th choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.40,0:05:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.43,0:05:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make 18 choices, mine was the 17th.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.14,0:05:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18th was Language and History, Theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.34,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Theatre courses, METU,\Nprep school, I hardly passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.33,0:05:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My English was always bad,\Nit was always a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.66,0:05:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, in all those five years\Nof studying Physics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.70,0:05:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never read and understood\Na question in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.50,0:05:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always guessing: if it gives\Nthe acceleration, it asks about the speed;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.89,0:05:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it gives the speed, \Nit asks about the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.35,0:05:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, maths was easy; when I saw\N"find the value", I could solve it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.80,0:05:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't solve them by understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.17,0:05:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.64,0:05:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could hardly pass prep school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.69,0:05:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First year, as I said,\NI had fail grades on my academic record.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.55,0:05:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father thought the reason\Nfor that was my interest in theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.35,0:05:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he had an interest in art too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.96,0:06:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He read poems well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.58,0:06:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He even wrote poems; at least he tried.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.27,0:06:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Don't mess with my theatre\Nand I'll bring you that diploma."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.86,0:06:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Promise? Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.85,0:06:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reason for my rebelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.31,0:06:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to escape to theatre quickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.50,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saved my allowance by doing theatre
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.33,0:06:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Ankara Public Theatre\Nand the Ankara Art Theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.57,0:06:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.76,0:06:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I presented\Nthis diploma to my father,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.71,0:06:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing I did\Nwas to run to the Conservatory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.20,0:06:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got into the theatre department.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.82,0:06:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear, I graduated, ranking first again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.44,0:06:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time it was not like...\NI really graduated, ranking first.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then began the story\Nof the State Theatres.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.29,0:06:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I entered the State Theatres.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.03,0:06:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was appointed to Trabzon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.23,0:06:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those times, I loved the theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.37,0:06:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the first day\Nwhen I watched the theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.81,0:06:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like love at first sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.90,0:06:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like that for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.28,0:06:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like a monster inside me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.70,0:06:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't sleep without it.\NEven my dreams were about theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.27,0:07:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Trabzon as a graduate,\Nan actor and an employee
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.69,0:07:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the State Theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.12,0:07:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I felt tremendous pressure\Nbecause of my political views.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.28,0:07:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I started in Ankara State Theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.64,0:07:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continued in Ankara Art Theatre,\Ngraduated from METU;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.29,0:07:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't need to say\Nwhat was my opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.48,0:07:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt great pressure on me\Nfrom the administration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.12,0:07:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I thought so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.83,0:07:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was interfering\Nin all kinds of mistakes, injustices,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.27,0:07:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was opposing them,\NI was an opponent, a rebel to the core.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That made the administration angry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.04,0:07:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they imposed many punishments on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.51,0:07:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started to get tired, afraid,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.65,0:07:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt daunted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.72,0:07:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One night, I said, "There's no sense\Nin dissenting and opposing so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.68,0:07:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better get along\Nwith the administration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.46,0:07:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give up."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.01,0:07:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just then, I saw books\NI loved in the library.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.46,0:08:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were books by Nazım.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.11,0:08:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took one of them,\NBursa Prison, and read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.34,0:08:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent 13 years in prison, 13 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.57,0:08:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There he wrote poems and sagas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.40,0:08:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He taught painting to the people there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.97,0:08:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He learnt weaving from them.\NHe resisted for 13 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.74,0:08:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't resist 13 months, huh?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.81,0:08:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How shameful! I felt ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.19,0:08:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "The issue\Nis not about being captured,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.16,0:08:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's all about standing firm."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.84,0:08:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, for the first time,\NI decided to stand firm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.66,0:08:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, while my life continued in Trabzon,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.10,0:08:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Melih Cevdet Anday\Ncame to Trabzon one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.13,0:08:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was opposing the administration again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.11,0:08:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was vociferous.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.69,0:08:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It got Melih Cevdet Anday's attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.85,0:08:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Can I ask\Nyou something, young man?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.12,0:08:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sure," I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.43,0:08:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know Galileo?" he said.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.16,0:09:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Of course,\NI know Galileo, sir, I'm a physicist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.18,0:09:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Bertolt Brecht's play about him\Nwas performed in Ankara Theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.67,0:09:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've played in it;\Nit was my first play as a trainee."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.31,0:09:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well," he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.69,0:09:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"do you know Giordano Bruno?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.92,0:09:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Of course," I said, \N"there is a play about him too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.40,0:09:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've read it as well."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.44,0:09:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I liked it very much," I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.92,0:09:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the story I'm going to tell\Nlater on, I had the opportunity to play
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.41,0:09:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the role of Giordano Bruno\Nin Ankara State Theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.28,0:09:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I know him," I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.04,0:09:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So, which one is right?" he asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.34,0:09:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which one do you approve of?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.04,0:09:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Giordano Bruno, of course," I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.84,0:09:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Why?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.11,0:09:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because Galileo had given up,\Nbecame scared, took a step back;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.98,0:09:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said that the world\Nwasn't the centre of the universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.83,0:09:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he took a step back\Nwhen he saw the inquisition's tormentors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.90,0:09:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he purposely lied.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.95,0:09:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, he went home, and under house arrest\Nhe wrote his last work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.48,0:09:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he still denied himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.66,0:09:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is Giordano like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.22,0:09:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He resisted torture\Nfrom the Inquisition for seven years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.72,0:10:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they even nailed his tongue\Nto his palate to silence him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.62,0:10:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he tore his palate and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.42,0:10:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'God is within every man,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.62,0:10:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world isn't the centre\Nof the universe.'
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.67,0:10:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, I support\Nand believe this man."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.91,0:10:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "How old are you, my son?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.26,0:10:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "28."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.93,0:10:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Let's talk again\Nwhen you're 48."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.20,0:10:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.37,0:10:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 55 years old, and thank God,\NI still believe in Giordano Bruno,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.97,0:10:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still defend him.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.01,0:10:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.18,0:10:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it's impossible for me to be\Nas stubborn and brave as Giordano Bruno,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.64,0:10:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at least Giordano Bruno\Nis always in my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.77,0:10:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the day when I played\Nthe role in Ankara State Theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.52,0:10:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was Saturday.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.36,0:10:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I experienced something\Nwhich caused me to appreciate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.03,0:10:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason and determination\Nof my profession choice
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.85,0:10:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my persistence, my stubbornness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.09,0:10:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were some lively youngsters there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.74,0:11:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of our friends said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.26,0:11:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Some people brought along\Nmiddle school children.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.68,0:11:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a dense play, \Nshould we perform it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.53,0:11:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Giordano agonises\Nand is burnt at the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.45,0:11:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He even tears his tongue\Nwhile being burnt.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.10,0:11:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Never mind," we said, "let's do it."\NAnd we performed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.82,0:11:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was over, \Nsome of the students ran to the exit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.88,0:11:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From their clothes,\Nit was obvious they were from the slums,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.12,0:11:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.76,0:11:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they wanted to talk to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.13,0:11:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said the name of their school.\NI don't remember its name,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.89,0:11:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but probably it was\Nin a poor neighbourhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.89,0:11:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked if they were from middle school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.82,0:11:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said they were from high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.65,0:11:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"High school first grade?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.89,0:11:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, last grade," they said.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.24,0:11:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "But there's a university\Nentrance exam tomorrow."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.18,0:11:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said that their teachers\Nbrought them here to reassure them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.75,0:11:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to think\Nof the exam on the last day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.39,0:11:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How nice," I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.91,0:11:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then a girl came over ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.72,0:12:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, I find this really moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.48,0:12:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I want to go to university,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.60,0:12:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that it's important\Nto study at a university.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.52,0:12:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after watching this,\NI'm definitely going to university."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.54,0:12:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a record for me to gain\Neven one person in this profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.75,0:12:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest success.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.30,0:12:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.50,0:12:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I'd be excited,\Nbut I've never thought I'd cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.00,0:12:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really never felt the ebb and flow\Nin my interest in theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.69,0:12:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided from the very beginning,\NI fell in love from the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.68,0:12:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always loved it,\Nbecause I believed in theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.32,0:12:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believed that theatre would make me\Na truer, better person.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.72,0:12:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope it did.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.72,0:12:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.78,0:12:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)