歷史上從不曾有哪個時刻哪個國家像現(xiàn)在這樣，將多數(shù)的高等學位頒發(fā)給女性。自人類文明以來，在不到100年前，女人在這些學校里，還只能當清潔工，但是不久之后，女性就拿到了大部分的法律、醫(yī)學學位。在世界各地，過去被當成財產(chǎn)的貧窮婦女們，現(xiàn)在開始擁有自己的財產(chǎn);《經(jīng)濟學家》更指出，在過去的20年里，女性勞動力的增加是工業(yè)國家經(jīng)濟成長的主要驅(qū)動力。她們對于全球GDP增長所作出的貢獻，甚至超過了任何新技術(shù)，也超過了諸如中國或印度等經(jīng)濟新興的國家這些。女性晉升時遭遇的無形阻礙已不復(fù)存在，女性的家庭地位也大幅提升，法院和議會也消除了對女性的歧視。

27年前，我在瓦薩學院也做了個演講，大獲成功。所有人都很喜歡。湯姆·布羅考說那是他聽過的最好的畢業(yè)致辭。我當然相信這是他的肺腑之言。那篇演講稿比起今天這篇來說容易起草很多。因為那個時候我經(jīng)歷的不少。我剛剛生了孩子，得了兩個奧斯卡獎，一切都很順利。那時的我很聰明能干，知道什么樣的聲音最動聽，我可是拉拉隊長出身啊，竭盡全力的喝彩加油是我的特長。但如今，我覺得自己懂得的東西，大概只有你們年輕女孩們的 1/16吧。對于世事，我不再像以往那么確定。我今年60歲，4個孩子都已經(jīng)成年，也和你們面臨著一樣的挑戰(zhàn)。不過盡管如此，對于很多我始終沒搞懂，但還是很好奇的事情，我卻變得更加樂觀。

要是講講對成功、聲譽、成名的看法，我還能再做一次演講。這些東西會使你和朋友的關(guān)系變得生疏，會使你看不清現(xiàn)實。這些東西會奪走你寶貴的隱私和無名愜意，要不是失去它們，你都不會知道自己還曾經(jīng)擁有過。成名這些東西影響著你家人的正常生活，所以成不成名真的是無所謂。我清楚我今天能來到這兒給你們講話也是因為我很出名，我得了很多獎，我也很自豪能有今天的成就，但是，說真的，這些都不是我一個的功勞。我可以肯定地說，獲獎對我人生的幸福沒起多大作用。我對幸福和價值的看法是，要充滿感情地去研究這個世界，通過我的表演去體驗別人的人生。所以我要保持警醒，對生活充滿熱情，投入到我愛的人的生活當中，去幫助世界上需要我?guī)椭娜?。你們在電視上看到我興高采烈，手捧獎杯時的所作所說，其實都是在表演。

成名讓我學會躲避，而作為一名演員，我又學會了打開自己的心靈。

今天來這兒做演講，促使我審視內(nèi)心，與你們分享在我看來有用的東西。我真的很感激能有這個機會，感謝你們。

你們要明白，其實不必非得成名，只要讓父母為你感到驕傲，就已經(jīng)足夠。而這一點，你們都已經(jīng)做到了。為你們喝彩！祝賀你們！

Never before in the history or country have most of the advanced degrees been awarded to women but now they are. Since the dawn of man， its hardly more than 100 years since we were even allowed into these buildings except to clean them but soon most of law and medical degrees will probably also go to women. Around the world， poor women now own property who used to be property and according to Economist magazine， for the last ，two decades， the increase of female employment in the rich world has been the main driving force of growth. Those women have contributed more to global GDP growth than have either new technology or the new giants India or china. Cracks in the ceiling， cracks in the door， cracks in the Court and on the Senate floor.

You know， I gave a speech at Vassar 27 years ago. It was a really big hit. Everyone loved it， really. Tom Brokaw said it was the very best commencement speech he had ever heard and of course I believed this. And it was much easier to construct than this one. It came out pretty easily because back then I knew so much. I was a new mother， I had two A academy awards and it was all coming together so nicely. I was smart and I understood boiler plate and what sounded good and because I had been on the squad in high school， earnest full-throated cheerleading was my specialty so thats what I did but now， I feel like I know about 1/16th of what that young woman knew. Things dont seem as certain today. Now Im 60， I have four adult children who are all facing the same challenges you are. Im more sanguine about all the things that I still dont know and lm still curious about.

What I do know about success， fame， celebrity——that would fill another speech. How it separates you from your friends， from reality， from proportion. Your own sweet anonymity， a treasure you dont even know you have until its gone. How it makes things tough for your family and whether being famous matters one bit， in the end， in the whole flux of time. I know I was invited here because of that. How famous I am. How many awards Ive won and while I am overweeningly proud of the work that， believe me， I did not do on my own. I can assure that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness. My own sense of well-being and purpose in the world-that comes from studying the world feelingly， with empathy in my work. It comes from staying alert and alive and involved in the lives of the people that I love and the people in the wider world who need my help. No matter what you see me or hear me saying when Im on your TV holding a statuette spewing， thats acting.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide but being an actor has opened my soul.

Being here today has forced me to look around inside there for something useful that I can share with you and Im really grateful you gave me the chance.

You know you dont have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you and you already have. Bravo to you. Congratulations.