When the AFL asked me to speak tonight, I said “of course”.
当美国电影协会邀我今晚发表致辞时，我立即就答应了。
But as George knows, I’ve actually been quite nervous about it.
不过乔治也知道，其实我内心十分紧张。
It’s somehow easier for me to address a court on behalf of a detainee than to speak publicly as I am doing for the first time tonight about my husband.
I do so out of immense pride in all that he has achieved. Luckily, without having to wear a white horsehair wig, but with some waterproof mascara on,just in case.
Coming here, I knew there would be lots of people who could speak to George’s talent.
在来之前，我就知道大家都会异口同声称赞，乔治是多么才华横溢。
His talent as a director, as a producer, as a writer of original screenplays, as a writer of adapted screenplays, as a leading actor, as a supporting actor.
他是导演，是制片人，也是原创剧本和改编剧本的编剧，当然还是电影主角和配角。
It’s a long list when you’ve been nominated for awards in more categories than any other human being on the planet.
更别提他那份长长的获奖名单了，他在各类奖项拿到的提名数量，超过全世界任何一个人。
So I thought that I should say a few words about his character in the real life and why he deserves to be admired not only for what he has done but for who he is.
So, here are a few things you may not know about George.
接下来，我想聊聊，你所不知道的乔治。
First, he is a gentleman.
首先，他非常绅士。
He is a gentleman in every sense of the word and in a way that seems so rare these days and perhaps even outdated.
从任何意义上说，他都是绅士。始终以一种可能在当今社会已经罕见甚至落伍了的做派生活着。
Everyone who knows him, even those who oppose him politically or who have quarrelled with him professionally, will tell you, he has not forgotten his Kentucky manners.
On every set I visit, I’m told by the crew that George sticks up for the most vulnerable.
每一次我去片场探班，工作人员都会告诉我，乔治一直坚持为弱者发声，为弱者挺身而出。
His security team told me that when shooting [Confessions] in Montreal, George refused to wear a warm winter jacket unless every actor got the same one even though it was 40 degrees below zero.
Now, it’s true that George’s notorious pranks that we have heard about tonight are an exception to his gentlemanly comportment.
我们今晚也听到很多人提到，乔治那些人尽皆知的无聊恶作剧，这些恶作剧，倒是不属于他的绅士行为。
As Matt Damon found out when despite his rigorous workouts his trousers kept getting tighter and tighter every time he appeared on George’s set.
Matt Damon透露，尽管他给自己定下严苛的健身计划，但只要他在片场碰到乔治，都会发现自己的裤子，莫名其妙变得越来越紧。
But other than that, George is definitely a gentleman.
不过除此，乔治真的是当之无愧的绅士。
The second thing is that George is incredibly generous.
第二，乔治是个非常慷慨的人。
He is generous with his time.
他乐于付出自己的时间。
He finds out about people who have suffered the same health issues as him and he writes to give them advice.
当发现其他人和他一样，经历着相同疾病的折磨时，他便写信过去提供健康建议。
He helps young people pursue their passion for film.
他帮助年轻人追逐电影梦想。
He’ll visit an elderly lady at our local nursing home as he thinks it will make her day.
他还会去我们当地的疗养院，拜访一位年迈的女士，只要这样做，能使老人感到开心。
He has a big heart and he puts it into everything that he does, whether it’s making a movie, hosting a fundraiser or quite often these days, pranking our latest guest using a nappy and a pot of Nutella.
But George is generous in traditional ways too, by donating money to causes he believes in and spoiling loved ones.
不过，乔治有时也慷慨地很传统，为他所信仰的事业捐款，宠爱他所爱的人。
He must surely be the only person in the world to invite his 13 closest friends to dinner one night and give them a suitcase filled with $1 million in cash, though it must be said the 14th closest friend is still really upset about that one.
Even before I knew him, I admired George’s commitment to taking up causes like exposing corruption in Sudan before they were visible, and to taking moral stances like opposing the War in Iraq when it was far from popular to do so.
“Dear George, In the course of my chequered career, I have encountered a fair number of movie stars. Most of them used their power badly, usually to prop up a frail ego. Some of them had style, not many had character, very few of them had any real class. You have character and you have class. You also have a thoroughly admirable lunatic courage, diving off the high board without knowing if there’s any water in the pool. ”
Walter was right and his words are all the more poignant at a time when many of us feel that character is lacking in some of the leaders we count on the most.
Although George modestly attributes much of the success we are celebrating here tonight to luck, I think it’s incredible talent and character that got him here.
I couldn’t sleep when we were apart, and I’m told that I would display a particular grin and head-tilt when reading his text messages or the letters he would hide in my bag.
He is the person who has my complete admiration and also the person whose smile makes me melt every time.
我百分百地仰慕这个男人，每次他对我微笑，就足以让我的整颗心融化。
My love, what I have found with you is the great love that I always hoped existed.
亲爱的，我和你之间的爱情，是我一直渴求能够存在于世的最美好的爱情。
And seeing you with our children, Ella and Alexander, is the greatest joy in my life.
只要能看着你和我们的孩子们，Ella和Alexander，就是一生最最幸福的事情。
You fill our home with laughter and happiness and that’s even before the children have worked out that ‘da-da’ is actually Batman, a talking fox, and friends with Mary Poppins.
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