Hi, guys, how are you? So good to see you guys, so you guys havinga good night? I have to say that it’s such an honour tobe here, it is, I’m so happy to be here, I’m like a nerd and brought my own speechbut I hope it’s OK that I take this opportunity to really just spend with you guys and tellyou a little bit about my story.
I’m not an activist, I haven’t changedthe world or led a campaign, I’m here to just tell you my path, so that you hopefullycan take something away from it, because I don’t like being honest with — this isa truth — I don’t like being honest with press and interviews, I like being honestwith you, directly, which is each and every one of you. Because I feel like I can and I’m just goingto start with the basics, so I’m 21 and my mom had, my mom had me when she was 16. And I’m from Grand Prairie, Texas, and sheworked four jobs and completely dedicated her life into making mine better. So, to me, she is the definition of a strongwoman. And I love her so much. Because she’s taught me those values somuch. Thank you. I have been acting my entire life and I haveknown since I was first on Barney, you know that purple dinosaur, he’s great. You guys are so motivated, I feel like I cansay anything! When I was eleven, the point being is thatwhen I was seven I wanted to be an actress and I wanted to live my dream. And when I was eleven I had a casting directortell that I wasn’t strong enough to carry my own show. And I’m sure all of you have been told thatyou don’t have what it takes and you may not be good enough and you don’t have enoughpeople supporting you and you’ve been told all of these things when deep down it’sall you want to do. You want to be a part of something great. You want to make something great. And it does more than not the wind out ofyou and crushes you when people try to tell you that you’re not good enough. And it almost did for me but there was mymom next to me stronger than ever and she said the most important thing is to alwaystrust in myself. If I have, if I’m doing something becauseI love it, I should do it because I love it and I believe that I can do it. So she told me to keep going, thank you, shetold me and she taught me to turn the other cheek and let the credits, the critics becritics, and let us just trust ourselves. So for me, thank you, two years later, I gotmy own show and the first thought, the first thought wasn’t oh man, that girl whenI was eleven said that I wouldn’t carry my own show and I did, I mean, I thought aboutthat for a little bit, but I thought about what my mom said. My mom is like you have to trust yourselfand I realized that if I didn’t believe that I could do it, I wouldn’t be able tobe here. And I have, I’m going to say I live a veryblessed life, I have so much to be thankful for and a lot of you are big part of inspiringme because I don’t think you get it and maybe you’re not old enough, but you inspireme to be better and we should inspire each other to be better. I’m surrounded by people who are supposedto guide me and some of them have and others haven’t. They pressure me, there’s so much pressure,you’ve got to be sexy, you’ve got to be cute, you’ve got to be nice, you’ve gotto be all these things! And I’m sure you can all relate, you allhave pressure that you have to deal with every day. I’m sure at school, at work, with friends,with parents, with family, parents, I know, sometimes with mine, they tell me what towear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently, I had given in to that pressure. I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I triedto change who I am because I thought that others would accept me for it. And I realized I don’t know how to be anythingbut myself. And all I really want you to know is thatyou are changing the world, I’m not changing the world, you’re changing the world andthat’s amazing! Please, please just be kind to each otherand love and inspire people because let’s do it! Let’s do it, let’s change the game, let’schange the game! The most important thing is that we learnand we continue to learn from each other. Please stay true to yourself, please justremain who you are and know that we have each other’s back, all of us have each other’sback. I’d be lying if I said that I never triedto make myself better by giving in, because I have, but I’ve learned from my actions,and for all of the things I’ve done I’m proudest of that I’ve learnt from my mistakes. I want you to know what it’s like that Iknow what it’s like. Figuring out what types of friends you have,you are who you surround yourself with. So I just want to say I hope I can inspireeach and every one of you to just trust in yourselves, to love and to be loved, and thankyou for allowing me to come up and ramble and talk to you guys because this is sucha beautiful thing you’re doing. Be proud of yourselves. This is great!
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