Selena Gomez Speech: Trust yourself
Watch this famous Selena Gomez Speech. Selena talks about her life and some of the hardships she’s encountered in her career to a crowd of 16,000 youth at the first-ever We Day in California. She told the crowd to never ever give up on their dreams, and to be confident in their goals. Selena Marie Gomez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. Enjoy our Speeches with subtitles and keep your English learning journey.
Selena Gomez Quote:
“Always be yourself, there’s no one better!” Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez full TRANSCRIPT:
Hi, guys, how are you? So good to see you guys, so you guys having a good night?
I have to say that itβs such an honour to be here, it is, Iβm so happy to be here, Iβm like a nerd and brought my own speech but I hope itβs OK that I take this opportunity to really just spend with you guys and tell you a little bit about my story.
Iβm not an activist, I havenβt changed the world or led a campaign, Iβm here to just tell you my path, so that you hopefully can take something away from it, because I donβt like being honest with β this is a truth β I donβt like being honest with press and interviews, I like being honest with you, directly, which is each and every one of you.
Because I feel like I can and Iβm just going to start with the basics, so Iβm 21 and my mom had, my mom had me when she was 16. And Iβm from Grand Prairie, Texas, and she worked four jobs and completely dedicated her life into making mine better. So, to me, she is the definition of a strong woman. And I love her so much. Because sheβs taught me those values so much. Thank you.
I have been acting my entire life and I have known since I was first on Barney, you know that purple dinosaur, heβs great. You guys are so motivated, I feel like I can say anything! When I was eleven, the point being is that when 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 director tell that I wasnβt strong enough to carry my own show. And Iβm sure all of you have been told that you donβt have what it takes and you may not be good enough and you donβt have enough people supporting you and youβve been told all of these things when deep down itβs all 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 of you and crushes you when people try to tell you that youβre not good enough. And it almost did for me but there was my mom next to me stronger than ever and she said the most important thing is to always trust in myself. If I have, if Iβm doing something because I 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, she told me and she taught me to turn the other cheek and let the credits, the critics be critics, and let us just trust ourselves. So for me, thank you, two years later, I got my own show and the first thought, the first thought wasnβt oh man, that girl when I was eleven said that I wouldnβt carry my own show and I did, I mean, I thought about that for a little bit, but I thought about what my mom said. My mom is like you have to trust yourself and I realized that if I didnβt believe that I could do it, I wouldnβt be able to be here. And I have, Iβm going to say I live a very blessed life, I have so much to be thankful for and a lot of you are big part of inspiring me because I donβt think you get it and maybe youβre not old enough, but you inspire me to be better and we should inspire each other to be better. Iβm surrounded by people who are supposed to guide me and some of them have and others havenβt. They pressure me, thereβs so much pressure, youβve got to be sexy, youβve got to be cute, youβve got to be nice, youβve got to be all these things!
And Iβm sure you can all relate, you all have pressure that you have to deal with every day. Iβm sure at school, at work, with friends, with parents, with family, parents, I know, sometimes with mine, they tell me what to wear, 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 tried to change who I am because I thought that others would accept me for it. And I realized I donβt know how to be anything but myself.
And all I really want you to know is that you are changing the world, Iβm not changing the world, youβre changing the world and thatβs amazing! Please, please just be kind to each other and love and inspire people because letβs do it! Letβs do it, letβs change the game, letβs change the game!
The most important thing is that we learn and we continue to learn from each other. Please stay true to yourself, please just remain who you are and know that we have each otherβs back, all of us have each otherβs back.
Iβd be lying if I said that I never tried to make myself better by giving in, because I have, but Iβve learned from my actions, and for all of the things Iβve done Iβm proudest of that Iβve learnt from my mistakes. I want you to know what itβs like that I know what itβs 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 inspire each and every one of you to just trust in yourselves, to love and to be loved, and thank you for allowing me to come up and ramble and talk to you guys because this is such a beautiful thing youβre doing. Be proud of yourselves. This is great!
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