Re-copy English Translation: Please be seated everyone. First of all I hope the atmosphere here would not be too formal. It is because I had watched a lot of this programme, and most of the time we talked about some heavy topics, just like this. And the questions we asked are like those concerning your whole life. But I would like to say this to everyone, I hope everyone will give me some applause. My name is Andy Lau. I don’t know since when you know about Andy Lau. Who had known Andy Lau since 90’s? who had just recently known Andy Lau? Not bad. And those who had known Andy Lau since 80’s? You don’t look that old. First of all I would like to talk about my own story. I think a lot of people do not know where did Andy Lau come from. Do you? Do you know? Where did I come from? (Audience: Mum’s tummy) oh mum’s tummy. I actually came from my dad. In 1961 I was born in a village called DaPu, it’s a very old place in HongKong. I was a, really, when I was young I thought I was rich. There was peacock in my house, and we had over 200 pigs, and countless pigeons, and lots of lands. I had seen a lot of things that a lot of children then had never seen. I knew about television since young, and open wheel music player, and a lot of good things. But one day, my dad when I was six, decided to bring us from village to outside world. He hoped that we can keep in touch with the outside world. But my granddad was not happy. He thought my dad was not a good son, and left not inheritance to my dad. Since then I lived in a place in city called Diamond Hill. In Diamond Hill there were a lot of people lived in poverty. There were a lot of wooden houses. Why was it called Diamond Hill? It was because everyone who lived there hoped that the place they lived was a better place so they named it Diamond Hill. My dad was a fire brigade. You know. But do you know, because of wooden houses, we faced the risk of fire everyday. We must remember where we put our identity card just in case there was fire we must go and grab the identity card and run. Finally one day when I was 11, there was a fire in my house and we had to leave, and waited for a year. During that one year, dad and I stayed in a temporary accommodation from the government, and after a year we finally owned a concrete house. We lived there, and everyday we did a lot of things for our lives. Until 1980 I joined the training class, and one year later I performed well and signed the contract with TVB. So this is just a simple summary so everyone can understand and feel my past. Today I did something that I never done before. I had never been so nervous. Really, I had thought about this for long, you invited me to come to do something that I had never done before, what can I offer you? I had thought about a lot of things, I got a question for all. Today do you think Andy Lau is a successful person? (audience: yes) Thank you for your small applause. Andy Lau is a celebrity who had been idolised by the media. He is hardworking, he wont do anything bad, he can do without food, sleep and drinks, with just breathing, he can live till 52. But today I hope I can be true to you, that I am just a normal person. I will get nervous too. I will also get disturbed when talking about my inner heart in talks. But today I want to share with you all how a true Andy Lau looks like. Suddenly I felt warm, I will not take my jacket off, don’t… I want to share with you all where I had failed, ok? 1981 I had just joined the training class and at that time I had a girlfriend whom we had been together for more than 3 years. I thought I need to be a responsible man, therefore I spent a lot of time and did a lot of things in the training class. We started at 9am and at night I still had to practice dance, somersault and many other things. One day I received a call from my girlfriend then whom I hadn’t seen for 4 months. She asked if I could come out, I said for your, of course. In the end, 8 hours later I finally met her. She asked me to go to a very romantic place in Hongkong. It was a hill top, and from there you can see a very beautiful HongKong. But before I had the chance to enjoy this view, she told me, lets be separated. I was asking why, as I didn’t feel I did anything wrong. Before I can explain further, she left. I was standing alone on a romantic hill top, and walked slowly down until I reached a bus stop, and waited there until finally I picked and boarded a bus which was not so full. I was sitting at the last row, and I was thinking why would that be? The bus moved forward, but my tears dropped backward and hit the screen at the back. There were a few people in front, before they turned their head I wiped my tears off. When they turned their head, I asked them what are you looking at? That’s my failure in my first relationship. Because of this failure, I could concentrate on my career, and in the end, it brought to me my first success. I got my first chance to be a leading cast , I had succeeded. But there are many types of success. I remembered in 1985, I had finished a drama called ShenDiaoXiaLv, and I saw the success of Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fatt in movies, I hoped I had the opportunity to be involved in movies, so I asked TVB if I could only 1 series of drama per year and spent the rest of my time on movies production? I was rejected, so I chose to left TVB. And at that time group of people such as him, him and her, said, Andy Lau you had made a wrong choice. But everyone’s choices come from the heart. I followed my heart and in the end I met the movie Unwritten Law, I met the movie As Tears Go By, Wah, your Wah is so fake. I met the movie A Moment of Romance, and in the end, the same group of people, which is you and you, him and hers, said, Andy, you had made a great choice last time! But who defines the success? No one knows. But you must remember, there is not only one way in success. I left TVB, and when I was fighting hard outside TVB, one person decided to stay in TVB, and that person is Tony Leung. Today, he is a successful celebrity. So remember, find a way that suit you best, don’t just simply copy other’s success story, you must think thoughtfully. JingKe, do you know? He tried to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, had he succeeded? (No) Qin Shi Huang united the whole China, had he succeeded? (Yes) so who do you want to be? Who do you want to be? Those who want to be like Qin Shi Huang please raise up your hand. Those who want to be like JingKe please raise up your hand. Really, Success is not up to you to define, its up to the history. Same way, those who like me, he would think I am very successful. Why? Because my career is good, my family is good, they said I am the success of the successes, right? Please applause. But those who don’t like me, they will say look at him, his movie’s sales are inconsistent, its just luck, and he left his family behind because of ego and fame. And all his family lived in his shadows. They called me the failure of the failures. I don’t care, I think those who understand me will understand. There’s nothing that I should fear of. Not fighting, that’s a mercy. Not listening, that’s a wisdom. Because, that is an attitude problem. Let me share with you a story. I had a good friend who kept telling me that he likes Fan BingBing and asked me to introduce her to him. I said, sorry I don’t do such introduction. One day, he told me, he got to know Fan BingBing and had asked her to go travelling together. I asked him, really? How does that go? He said, I got 50% success. I said, that’s great, how? He said, I ended up going travelling myself, she didn’t go. I think this is a great attitude. We should use this happy and positive attitude to face all things. But those who succeed are normally annoying, very annoying. I have seen a lot, they are self centered, they will tell you that they want to be the true self, to an extent that thinking their shortcomings are part of their true self too. But I tell you, if you are wise, we can overcome our shortcomings by hardworks. By then, you will be a successful and lovely successful person. Many people will say that we should be naked in front of the mirror. Everyday I ask him, who are you, and he answers I am Andy Lau. I ask him have you let yourself down? Have you gone against your will? Have you cheated youself? Ask these everyday, and get waken, and clear, and wash the face, and go out to the family, and smile to them, smile to your neighbours, smile to the strangers, smile to those who had failed. Then you will realise that this world is full of love, and if this world is full of love, then it won’t be far from success for all of us. No. With love, even if you fail, you go to the street and there will be someone who gives you a smile. They will encourage you. In this world there are far less people who success than fail. You must remember, if we who fail are united, we can still compete will those who have succeeded. Today I am fortunate to have the opportunity to share my feeling with a lot of young people here. In future if you face any problem, I am here. If you wish for comfort and smile, I can give you that. Remember, take good care of yourself, then only you can have a good future. Please smile to me. Please give me love. Today I can tell you boldly what you see if the true Andy Lau. Thank you.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:41:53 +0000
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