Lights! Camera! English!

[00:00.11] We all hear about foreign actors making it big in Hollywood. 我们都听说过外国演员在好莱坞大放异彩。

[00:06.62] But many acknowledge that they were shaking in their boots the first time they were waiting for the director to shout: 'Action!'

[00:12.13] Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, star of Zoolander-2 and Vanilla Sky, is a respected actress with a Hollywood career. 但许多人承认，当他们第一次等待导演大喊：“行动！”时，他们的靴子都在颤抖。西班牙女演员佩内洛普克鲁兹（Penelope Cruz）是 Zoolander-2 和香草天空的明星，是一位备受尊敬的好莱坞女演员。

[00:20.65] But she hardly spoke any English when she was cast in her first role in an English language movie in 1998. 但当她在 1998 年首次出演一部英语电影时，她几乎不会说任何英语。

[00:28.67] In a candid interview with the US broadcaster CBS, Penelope admitted: "I would lock myself in the bathroom and cry because I didn't understand what was going on on the set, because I didn't understand everything that the director was saying or what the other actors were saying."在接受美国广播公司 CBS 的坦率采访时，佩内洛普承认：“我会把自己锁在浴室里哭，因为我不明白片场发生了什么，因为我不明白导演所说的一切或其他演员在说什么。”

[00:47.96] Closer to home we have the example of Ziyi Zhang. 言归正传，我们有张子怡的例子。

[00:53.22] She gained international acclaim in Memoirs of a Geisha and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and received many nominations for awards. 她在艺伎回忆录和卧虎藏龙的回忆录中获得了国际赞誉，并获得了许多奖项提名。

[01:01.49] What's helped her to learn English? Well, she says she listened to Eminem songs. And as she learned the language, she realised “how rude” the lyrics were.是什么帮助她学习英语？好吧，她说她听过 Eminem 的歌曲。当她学习语言时，她意识到歌词“多么粗鲁”。

[01:13.27] But when it comes to acting in English, nobody has a more colourful story than Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger. 但说到用英语表演，没有人比奥地利人阿诺德施瓦辛格的故事更丰富多彩了。

[01:21.28] He had to be dubbed at the beginning of his career because nobody could make out what he was saying. In his next film, he played a deaf mute.他必须在职业生涯开始时被配音，因为没有人能听懂他在说什么。在他的下一部电影中，他扮演了一个聋哑人。

[01:31.30] The bodybuilder turned actor claims his accent has softened, but he keeps it thick on purpose. 这位健美运动员出身的演员声称他的口音已经软化，但他故意保持浓重。

[01:38.07] "It's become such a big part of me that people really enjoy it," says Arnie. “它已经成为我的重要组成部分，人们真的很喜欢它，”阿尼说。

[01:42.33] He's aware of the irony when he tells us: "The very things that they said would make it impossible for me to be successful in acting were the things that became my assets."当他告诉我们时，他意识到了其中的讽刺：“他们说的那些让我无法成功演戏的东西，正是这些东西成为了我的资产。”

[01:52.85] Yes – the complicated name, the thick accent, the big body – nothing stopped him from doing the things he liked. 是的——复杂的名字、浓重的口音、庞大的身躯——没有什么能阻止他做他喜欢做的事情。

[02:01.87] So don't despair when you struggle with English. They've all been there and they've prevailed. 因此，当您与英语作斗争时，不要绝望。他们都去过那里，而且他们占了上风。

[02:08.64] Are you ready for your close up in life?你准备好近距离接触生活了吗？