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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.73,0:00:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you, for a moment,\Nto look at your life as a movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.22,0:00:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young child -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.44,0:00:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I thought\Nabout the movie of my life -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.74,0:00:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the middle child of three boys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.47,0:00:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the few African-American\Nexecutives in Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.06,0:00:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when I go back and look at my life,\Nwhen I was young growing up in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.08,0:00:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said, "DeVon, \Nyou can't go into Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.24,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the devil's playground;\Nthat's Sodom and Gomorrah."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I said, "I believe God is calling me\Nin the movie of my life into Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.98,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell stories\Nthat can change the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.23,0:00:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But DeVon, if you go to Hollywood,\Nyou're going to lose your faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.51,0:00:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.58,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that is a town\Nthat does not respect who you are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.58,0:00:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the God you serve?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.14,0:00:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a young child,\NI would say, "Wait a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're teaching me in the Bible\Nthat faith allows me to do all things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.09,0:00:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can do all things through Christ\Nwho strengthens me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.83,0:00:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.79,0:00:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get to the gates of Hollywood\Nand the power of God stops?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.79,0:01:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me, What am I supposed to believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.57,0:01:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does faith work or does fear work?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.29,0:01:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're telling me intellectually\Nthat faith is supposed to guide me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.51,0:01:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then you're teaching\Nme to practice fear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.94,0:01:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moment I get outside\Nthe doors of the church."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.42,0:01:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can only imagine as a young boy,\Nwhen you get smart with your elders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.17,0:01:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say, "Boy, don't you\Nget smart with me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.60,0:01:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "I'm not trying to get smart.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.57,0:01:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just trying to understand\Nwhat is the path in life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.33,0:01:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to lead to success."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.68,0:01:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as a young child, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.22,0:01:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, I've watched these movies\Nlike 'Rocky' and 'Back to the Future.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.66,0:01:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I loved about 'Rocky'\Nis that he thought he was a bum.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.44,0:01:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he got the chance\Nto fight Apollo Creed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.74,0:01:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was his number one goal?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.30,0:01:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, 'I don't even care if I win.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.78,0:01:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to go the distance.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.92,0:01:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I would see movies like that\Nas a kid, I said, "That's me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.98,0:01:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, as a middle child -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.40,0:01:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any middle children in the house?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.98,0:01:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, we'll have\Na support group after this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.03,0:02:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, you know we need\Na little extra care and counseling
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.33,0:02:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the older one,\Nmy older brother, he was the oldest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my youngest was the baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.78,0:02:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here I am, the middle child,\Nkind of put off to the side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.64,0:02:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I would see films,\NI would get inspired.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.11,0:02:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.10,0:02:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to be able to make movies\Nthat can absolutely touch people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.91,0:02:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way that 'Rocky'\Nand 'The Color Purple'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.41,0:02:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 'Back to the Future' did for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.53,0:02:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had to make a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Am I going to go against\Nwhat I'm being taught
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.39,0:02:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and follow where God's voice\Nis leading me?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.85,0:02:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or am I going to follow \Nthose who may be ill-equipped
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.68,0:02:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop my movie
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.32,0:02:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become what they think \Nmy story should be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, at a young age,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.62,0:02:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "I have to believe\Nthat God is the director of my story,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.61,0:02:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to follow\NHim to the industry."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.23,0:02:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so here I am,\Nan 18-year-old young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.76,0:02:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got into the University\Nof Southern California.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.10,0:02:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go in for my first internship interview
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.33,0:02:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the management company\Nthat manages Will Smith.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.66,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm literally about to get\Nmy foot in the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.90,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the interview,\Nthe lady says,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.96,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"DeVon, is there anything else\Nyou want us to know?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right there, \NGod is speaking in my ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.86,0:03:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Tell her about the Sabbath."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.68,0:03:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you must understand something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.41,0:03:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Christian, I grew up\Nobserving Sabbath:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.50,0:03:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friday night sundown through\NSaturday night sundown, I don't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.60,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the day that I take off\Nfor observance, rest, and restoration.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm there in the internship interview\Nabout to get my foot in the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.54,0:03:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hollywood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.43,0:03:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God says,\N"Tell her about the Sabbath."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.44,0:03:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Lord, after I get the internship,\NI'll tell her all about the Sabbath."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.19,0:03:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.98,0:03:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how we are:\Nwe love to get what we want,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.27,0:03:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'll start moving \Nthe pieces around
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.42,0:03:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what we can and cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.34,0:03:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after a moment of silence, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.18,0:03:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I can not take this internship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.40,0:03:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it requires me to work on the Sabbath."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.26,0:03:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was quiet, just like it is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.21,0:03:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after a moment of silence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.64,0:03:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said, "DeVon, don't worry.\NWe can work around that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.38,0:03:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What that taught me in that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.41,0:03:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's not about just the door\Nof opportunity opening in your scene;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.50,0:03:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about how you walk through the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.92,0:03:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because every door that opens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.67,0:03:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not allow you\Nto fit your faith and who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.53,0:04:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I argue it is not a door to go through.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.09,0:04:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.40,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when you are walking in your path
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are walking\Nin the movie of your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.35,0:04:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scenes in your life\Nwill conform around you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.18,0:04:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have enough faith \Nto be exactly who God created you to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.33,0:04:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't buy into this idea\Nthat you have to compromise who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.28,0:04:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compromise what you believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.65,0:04:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact,\Nbe even more bold than who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.33,0:04:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more bold than who you believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.98,0:04:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are the hero\Nof your own story,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.03,0:04:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't believe your story -\Nguess what? - ain't nobody else going to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.36,0:04:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C'mon, yeah. You give yourself\Na round of applause on that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.47,0:04:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.64,0:04:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the challenge:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.98,0:04:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get into scenes of our life\Nwhere we want to give up hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.34,0:04:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a studio executive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.55,0:04:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the things I do\Nis develop scripts into movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.52,0:04:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are some scripts\Nwe develop for a very long time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.48,0:04:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it never looks like\Nit's going to get made,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.89,0:04:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we call this creative time\N"development hell."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.23,0:04:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have been \Nin development hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.28,0:04:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you had an idea for your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.15,0:04:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've been trying,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.16,0:05:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've been pushing to allow\Nthat idea to get into production,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.12,0:05:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you seem so far away from it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.71,0:05:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't know\Nwhat you're going to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.78,0:05:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this moment, in development hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.68,0:05:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is so tempting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.70,0:05:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give up on the very idea\Nthat brought you this far.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.63,0:05:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must realize that in development hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.12,0:05:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're going through a time\Nwhere you're about to give up on yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.65,0:05:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give up on your God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.62,0:05:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give up on your friends,\Nyour dreams and your beliefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.26,0:05:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is when you have to go back\Nto the original idea
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.32,0:05:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that motivated your life,\Nand hold on to it, and don't give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.93,0:05:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know why?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.62,0:05:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it is just like\Na scene of a movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.19,0:05:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some good scenes,\Nthere are some bad scenes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.30,0:05:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you keep walking forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.88,0:05:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.87,0:05:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hero always wins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.41,0:05:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what makes the story good?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.44,0:05:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conflict the hero faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.57,0:05:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you go through bad scenes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.39,0:05:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that must mean you are getting ready\Nto be prepared to be victorious.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.48,0:05:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must know
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.55,0:05:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a bad scene with conflict\Nis not meant to take you down,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.92,0:06:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's meant to actually bring\Nout the hero in you and build you up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.92,0:06:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could allow us to label this scene\Nthat we're in right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.81,0:06:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would call it:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.84,0:06:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Locked up, but not locked down."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.20,0:06:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must get this,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.44,0:06:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone who is Ironwood Prison right now:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.84,0:06:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be locked up,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.73,0:06:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't have enough iron\Nin the universe to lock down your spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.32,0:06:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to keep your spirit up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.27,0:06:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to keep believing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.75,0:06:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to know\Nthat what you see is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.62,0:06:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.63,0:06:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know why?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.85,0:06:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in the movie of your life,\Nyou will succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.43,0:06:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let your current circumstance\Ndictate your destiny,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.86,0:06:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your destiny
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.20,0:06:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be set up in the moment\Nthat you're in right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.12,0:06:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, conflict will come,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.53,0:06:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you have faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.72,0:06:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you like who looks back at you\Nin the mirror,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.09,0:06:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody that comes against you\Ngoing to have to step back and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.29,0:06:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.23,0:06:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know they had that much power.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.23,0:06:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might as well go ahead and let them out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.36,0:06:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there are other people out there\Nwho need the hero that's within."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.84,0:07:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're getting ready to give up\Non your movie, step back and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.19,0:07:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, no, no, no.\NThis movie is still good."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.56,0:07:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just might take\Na little longer than you thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.58,0:07:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be impatient.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.86,0:07:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be getting so much anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.80,0:07:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relax.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.65,0:07:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you are going to win in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.60,0:07:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus saith the Lord.