【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 You have a prize now or at least you will tomorrow. The prize is Harvard degree in your hand. But what is your reason behind it ? My Harvard degree represents, for me, the curiosity and invention that were encouraged here, the friendships Iamp。rsquo。ve sustained the way Professor Graham told me not to describe the way light hit a flower but rather the shadow the flower cast, the way Professor Scarry talked about theater is a transformative religious force how professor Coslin showed how much our visual cortex is activated just by imaging. Now granted these things donamp。rsquo。t necessarily help me answer the most mon question Iamp。rsquo。m asked:What designer are you wearing?Whatamp。rsquo。s your fitness regime?Any makeup tips? But I have never since been embarrassed to myself as what might previously have thought was a stupid Harvard degree and other awards are emblems of the experiences which led me to wood paneled lecture halls,the colorful fall leaves,the hot vanilla Toscaninis,reading great novels in overstuffed library through dining halls !Ah!City steps!City steps!City steps!City steps!
　　Itamp。rsquo。s easy now to romanticize my time Ihad some very difficult times here bination of being 19,dealing with my first heartbreak,taking birth control pills that have since been taken off the market for their depressive side effects,and spending too much time missing daylight during winter months,led me to some pretty dark moments,particularly during sophomore were several occasions where I started crying in meetings with professors,overwhelmed with what I was supposed to pull off ,when I could barely get myself out of bed in the morning. Moments when I took on the motto for my school work:Done,Not only I could finish my work,even if it took eating a jumbo pack of sour Patch Kids to get me through a single 10page felt Iamp。rsquo。ve acplished a great feat,I repeat to myself:Done,Not good.
　　A couple years ago,I went to Tokyo with my husband,and I ate at the most remarkable sushi restaurant,I donamp。rsquo。t even eat fish,Iamp。rsquo。m that tells you how good it with just vegetable,this sushi was the stuff you dreamed restaurant has six husband and I marveled at how anyone can make rice so superior to all other wondered why they donamp。rsquo。t make a bigger restaurant,and be the most popular place in local friends explain to us that all the best restaurants in Tokyo are that small,and do only one type of dish:sushi or tempura or they want to do things well and itamp。rsquo。s not about amp。rsquo。s about taking pleasure in the perfection and beauty of the amp。rsquo。m still learning now that itamp。rsquo。s about good and maybe never the joy and work ethic and virtuosity we bring to the particular can impart a singular type of enjoyment to those we give to,and of course to ourselves.
　　In my professional life,it also took me time to find my own reason for doing my first film I was in came out in ,appallingly,the year most of you were born,I was 13 years old upon the filmamp。rsquo。s release,and I can still quote what the New York Times said about me verbatim,[Ms Portman poses better than she acts],The film had a universally tepid critic response,and went on to bomb film was called amp。lsquo。The Professional,or Leon in Europeamp。rsquo。 And today,20 years and 35 films later,it is still the film people approach me about the most,to tell me how much they loved it,how much it moved them,how itamp。rsquo。s their favorite feel lucky that my first experience of releasing a film was initially such a disaster by all standards and learned early that my meaning had to be from the experience of making the film and the possibility of connecting with individuals,rather than the foremost trophies in my industry/financial and critical also these initial reaction could be false predict