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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.26,0:00:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.66,0:00:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Maisie Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.28,0:00:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm kind of just waiting\Nfor someone to come on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.05,0:00:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell me that there's been\Nsome sort of miscommunication,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.27,0:00:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I should probably leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.92,0:00:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.33,0:00:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Damn it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.47,0:00:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.68,0:00:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some of you may know me as an actress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.19,0:00:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.81,0:00:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may know me\Nfor my really average tweets.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.74,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.23,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of you may be finding out\Nwho I am for the first time right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.60,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.69,0:00:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you knew me before or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.92,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably wondering\Nwhat I'm going to talk to you about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.38,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would be lying if I said
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.04,0:00:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it didn't take me\None or two sleepless nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.59,0:00:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure that out, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.46,0:01:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At last, here I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.89,0:01:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Upon finding out the news\Nthat I would be giving a TEDx Talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.71,0:01:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did what I think most people do
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.59,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watched about\N50 TED talks back-to-back,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.58,0:01:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read "Talk like TED"\Nby Carmine Gallo for some inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.67,0:01:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was I inspired?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.35,0:01:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.37,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did it make me want to go out\Nand change the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hell yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.94,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did it make me feel like a totally\Ninadequate public speaker
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.26,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with absolutely no point to make,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.06,0:01:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was definitely in need of a big\Nthesaurus if she wants to keep up?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.32,0:01:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.40,0:01:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could I possibly say\Nthat would have any impact?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.62,0:01:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What point am I trying to make?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.82,0:01:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who the hell thought\Nit was a good idea to give me a TEDx talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.21,0:01:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's the part\Nwhere I tell you what I know:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.83,0:01:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the youngest of four siblings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.59,0:01:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents divorced\Nwhen I was four months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.64,0:02:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really was the icing on the cake\Nof a terrible marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.73,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two step siblings\Nwho are younger than me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.05,0:02:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a half brother\Nwho's older than all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.51,0:02:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a three-bedroom council house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.93,0:02:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with four of my six siblings\Njust outside of Bristol.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.92,0:02:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a very ordinary school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.68,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got very ordinary grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.44,0:02:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't quite good enough\Nto get a gold star,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.27,0:02:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I also wasn't quite bad enough\Nto be kept after school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.03,0:02:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked that nice center line\Nwhere if I kept my mouth shut in class,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.66,0:02:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I could probably get away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.09,0:02:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with not being spoken to you\Nby teachers for weeks on end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.33,0:02:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything about me\Nwas pretty damn ordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.35,0:02:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for how I felt on the inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.27,0:02:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had big dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.89,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shock.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.90,0:02:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From as young as I can remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.66,0:02:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dreamed of becoming\Na professional dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.18,0:03:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are certain memories\Nfrom my childhood
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.50,0:03:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would really rather forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.37,0:03:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during those times of immense pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.04,0:03:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself instinctively walking over\Nto my mother's CD player,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.25,0:03:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cranking up the volume\Nto drown out the noise
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.41,0:03:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and letting my body move to the beat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.19,0:03:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to describe how it felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.10,0:03:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was harnessing emotions that I didn't\Neven really know the names of yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.73,0:03:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was summoning all of this energy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.72,0:03:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling it flow through my body\Nand out of my fingertips.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was alone in my own head,\Nand I felt the most alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.25,0:03:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really know much\Nabout the big wide world then,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.55,0:03:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew that this feeling\Nwas addictive;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.19,0:03:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going to stop at nothing\Nuntil I made it my profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At eight years old,\NI was enrolled in dance class.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.85,0:03:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by ten, I informed my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.80,0:04:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't want\Nto go to school anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.31,0:04:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be like Billy Elliot\Nand go to stage school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.87,0:04:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first opportunity\Nor challenge I was presented with.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.76,0:04:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even as young as ten,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.50,0:04:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was willing to give up all of my friends\Nand go away to board at a private school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.51,0:04:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from my siblings, away from my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would repeatedly ask me,\N"Are you sure this is what you want?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.84,0:04:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, it was a no-brainer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.49,0:04:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't just want this; I needed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.29,0:04:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grubby knees and crooked teeth\Nwere not on the list of requirements
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.56,0:04:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for becoming a professional dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.07,0:04:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I look back now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.29,0:04:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both myself and my mother\Nlooked severely out of place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.76,0:04:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the time, I was just too young\Nand naive to feel inadequate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.03,0:04:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.51,0:04:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Billy Elliot could do it, so could I.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.88,0:05:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once my audition was done, I returned home\Nfor two weeks of staring out the window,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.02,0:05:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the postman,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.100,0:05:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for my ticket\Nout of my sleepy village
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.61,0:05:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into a world of jazz hands\Nand dorm rooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.51,0:05:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was good news followed by bad news:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.53,0:05:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had got in, but the fees to attend\Na school like this were not cheap,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.69,0:05:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite my best efforts,\NI had not received any government funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.36,0:05:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I auditioned again the following year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.77,0:05:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this time, I received 40% funding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.81,0:05:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this was still just money\Nthat we didn't have,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.35,0:05:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it broke my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.41,0:05:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.82,0:05:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made the cut.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.57,0:05:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wasn't going anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.14,0:05:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a blessing in disguise,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.05,0:05:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although if anyone had said that\Nto me back then,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.50,0:05:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I probably would've given them the finger\Nand told them to jog on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.55,0:06:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't willing to give up that easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.19,0:06:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at age 11, I was bursting\Nwith excitement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.97,0:06:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my dance teacher\Ninformed me of a talent show
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.80,0:06:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which boasted opportunities\Nof making you a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.92,0:06:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the second opportunity\NI was faced with.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.54,0:06:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I entered into singing, acting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.19,0:06:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dancing and modeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.68,0:06:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The talent show consisted\Nof workshops and seminars
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.84,0:06:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with specialists who would help\Ntrain you up for your performance
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.88,0:06:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of the week.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.79,0:06:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After meeting a woman\Ncalled Louise Johnston
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.04,0:06:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an improvisation acting workshop,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.89,0:06:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she gave me the words "bowling ball,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.11,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked me to create a short scene\Ninspired by these words.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.20,0:06:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After making her laugh\Nwith a fictional story,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.88,0:06:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how I threw a bowling ball\Nat my brother and it bounced,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.57,0:06:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she asked me to join her acting agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.35,0:07:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really know what this meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.70,0:07:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that I would do auditions\Nfor films and maybe become an actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.51,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I still had big dreams\Nof becoming a professional dancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this woman was going\Nto have to work a lot harder than that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.29,0:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she was going to convince\Neleven-year-old me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.84,0:07:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was going to become an actress.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.54,0:07:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was this going to take time away
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.25,0:07:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the 30 hours of dancing\NI was doing a week?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.05,0:07:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if I didn't get the part?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.05,0:07:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was this going to be too upsetting?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.09,0:07:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do actresses have teeth like mine?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.61,0:07:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if they do,\NI'm yet to watch any of their movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.81,0:07:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After meeting Louise\Nin the February of 2009
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.55,0:07:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying but failing to land the part
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.22,0:07:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hit sequel "Nanny McPhee"\Nto "The Big Bang,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.05,0:07:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my second audition was for a show\Ncalled "Game of Thrones."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.60,0:07:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the third opportunity\Nor challenge I was presented with.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.33,0:08:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I climbed the steps\Nto the Methodist Church
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.21,0:08:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my mother's hand in mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.79,0:08:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I perched my tiny bottom in one\Nof the seats outside the audition room
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.88,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listened to an annoying girl\Nwith her even more annoying mother
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.40,0:08:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me all about the number of auditions\Nshe had done prior to this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.91,0:08:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also about her pet fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.88,0:08:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name was called, then I stepped inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.24,0:08:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a hard Bristolian accent
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.64,0:08:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dark rings around my eyes that were\Nso big they took up half my face
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.35,0:08:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a hole in the knee of my trousers\Nwhich I tried to cover with my left hand
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.15,0:08:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was talking to the kind lady\Nwho taped my audition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.53,0:08:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as soon as she pressed record,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.31,0:08:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all drifted away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.19,0:08:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much like when I was dancing\Nin my mother's living room,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.48,0:08:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I harnessed all of\Nmy insecurities and self-doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.81,0:08:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let it flow through the words\Nthat came out of my mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.11,0:08:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was cheeky.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.15,0:08:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.06,0:09:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.49,0:09:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for this, I was perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.82,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After getting the part\Nand shooting the pilot episode,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.50,0:09:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the show slowly grew
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.98,0:09:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become one of the biggest shows\Nin television history.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.21,0:09:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this day, we've smashed\Nprevious HBO viewing records.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.06,0:09:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been nominated for over 130 Emmys,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.84,0:09:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making us the most Emmy-nominated\Nshow to ever exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.68,0:09:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've recently finished shooting\Nour eighth and final season,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.21,0:09:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is predicted to smash records\Nthat we've already broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.90,0:09:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nearly a decade to the day\Nsince my first audition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.01,0:09:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.88,0:09:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when am I going to get to be Billy Elliot?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.73,0:09:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.70,0:09:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joke, but in all seriousness, I have\Nabsolutely no plans of slowing down.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.05,0:10:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout my time in this industry,\Nit has been a minefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.90,0:10:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have grown from a child into an adult,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.100,0:10:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from four feet tall\Ninto a whopping five feet tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.86,0:10:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.22,0:10:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have constantly been trying\Nto say the right thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.54,0:10:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accidentally saying the wrong thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.84,0:10:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying not to swear too much
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.91,0:10:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to stop saying\N"like, like" all of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.15,0:10:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In February of 2017,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.57,0:10:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a friend of mine, Dom, and I\Nwere swigging beers in my kitchen,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.63,0:10:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he confessed to me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.73,0:10:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is a huge problem\Nwith the creative industries.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.42,0:10:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agreed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.69,0:10:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The series of events\Nthat had got me to that point
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.09,0:10:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were based mainly on luck and timing\Nand were unable to be recreated.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.36,0:10:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suggested to me\Nthat we create a social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.34,0:10:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just for artists to be able\Nto collaborate with one another
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.08,0:10:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create a career.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.87,0:10:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the fourth opportunity\Nor challenge I was presented with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.64,0:10:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great," I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.39,0:10:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How the hell do we do that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.89,0:11:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And daisie was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.09,0:11:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, everyone who I spoke to about\Nmy latest endeavor thought that I was mad;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.07,0:11:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however, I know that this is something\Nthat I can help change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.67,0:11:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This last year in the industry, we've seen\Na huge shift with the Me Too movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.32,0:11:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The industry is built with gatekeepers\Nholding all of the power
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.92,0:11:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and selecting who they deem talented\Nenough to advance to the next level.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.10,0:11:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More often than not, it's easier\Nto catch the attention of those people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.70,0:11:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have graduated\Nfrom an expensive school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.59,0:11:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even then, I have so many friends\Nwho are fresh out of art school,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.42,0:11:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having trained for years and are still\Nno closer to creating a career.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.55,0:11:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not claiming that with daisie\NI can make everybody a star,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.95,0:11:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I do believe
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.18,0:11:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the key to success within creative\Nindustries is collaborating.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.46,0:11:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actors are only as good as their writers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.56,0:11:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musicians are only as strong\Nas their producers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.83,0:11:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And designers need their teams.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.95,0:12:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To start the company, we self-funded.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.86,0:12:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a pot of cash from "Game of Thrones"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.93,0:12:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was free to invest\Nwherever I liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.58,0:12:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dom had a series of businesses\Nfrom the age of 16,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.57,0:12:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant he was also left\Nwith a pot of cash.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.40,0:12:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We threw our money together 50-50,\Nand we built a team.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.75,0:12:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Lady Gaga has repeatedly said
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.62,0:12:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there could be a room of 100 people,\Nand 99 don't believe in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.27,0:12:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it just takes that one person\Nto believe in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.38,0:12:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can change your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.82,0:12:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now we have a team of six.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.50,0:12:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next 16 months, we built our MVP.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.57,0:12:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if you're wondering what an MVP is,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.85,0:12:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only found out what it is\Nabout six months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.53,0:12:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from what I can gather, it's a product\Nwhich proves as a problem worth solving
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.57,0:12:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the minimum team effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.24,0:12:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically from my point of view,\Nyou're marketing something
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.51,0:12:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you know\Nis going to be good one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.13,0:13:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is a little bit bad right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.94,0:13:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for us, that was an iOS app.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.79,0:13:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The six of us made an office\Nin Dom's garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.86,0:13:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on August 1, 2018,\Nwe released our version one.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.79,0:13:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had over 30,000 downloads\Nin the first 24 hours
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.16,0:13:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over 30,000 comments
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.36,0:13:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking when the Android version\Nwas going to be coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.30,0:13:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite our app being imperfect, buggy\Nand literally built by one man alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.72,0:13:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was exactly what we needed\Nfor people to invest.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.82,0:13:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned a lot from our angry users\Nand our scary investors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.41,0:13:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over the last six months,\Nwe have grown our team to 16 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.72,0:13:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From then till now,\Nwe've been building version two,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.16,0:13:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we will be launching in April.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.77,0:13:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.90,0:13:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a common phrase which I think\Nwe're all pretty familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.19,0:13:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, "It's not what you know,\Nit's who you know."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.59,0:13:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with daisie, I hope to give\Nthat power back to the creator.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.60,0:14:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to encourage people\Nto create a list of contacts
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.51,0:14:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they will work with and support\Nas they take their first steps
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.98,0:14:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the fickle and often\Nchallenging creative world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.14,0:14:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am of the generation\Nwho grew up with the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.34,0:14:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never known anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.91,0:14:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are connected, we are aware,\Nand we are the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.76,0:14:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope daisie can breathe new life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.84,0:14:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the slightly dystopian,\Nad-riddled hellscapes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.84,0:14:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that social media platforms have become.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.77,0:14:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope to create a space where people\Ncan boast their art and creativity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.57,0:14:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than what car they are driving
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.47,0:14:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether or not they bought it\Nin cash or on finance.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.62,0:14:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world where literally\Nanyone can be famous,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.56,0:14:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope to inspire people\Nto be talented instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.90,0:14:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talent will carry you so much further\Nthan your 15 minutes of fame.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.58,0:14:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why am I telling you all this?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.82,0:14:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very fact that I'm here\Ngiving a TEDx talk right now
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.66,0:15:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so far from anything\NI thought that I was capable of.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.61,0:15:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even writing the bio\Nfor my speech made me realize
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.70,0:15:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in a decade,\Neverything in my life has changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.24,0:15:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an Emmy-nominated actress,\Nan entrepreneur and an activist;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.96,0:15:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet I have no formal\Nqualifications to my name.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.56,0:15:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I left school about seven years ago,\NI made it my mission to continue learning
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.07,0:15:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though I never wanted\Nto set foot in a classroom again.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.75,0:15:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who knows what's going to happen\Nto my life in the next 10 years?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.11,0:15:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I surely have no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.59,0:15:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never had an end goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.76,0:15:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's working out okay so far.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.91,0:15:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So trust that you're good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.51,0:15:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's one thing that I've learned is\Nthat there truly is a place for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.09,0:15:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.76,0:15:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and laugh in the face of people\Nwho say that they're stupid questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.42,0:15:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be open to learning and admitting
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.95,0:16:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you don't know\Nwhat the hell is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.09,0:16:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refuse to hold yourself back,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.08,0:16:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dare to dream big.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.82,0:16:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.38,0:16:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)