And you can have a private island to hang out on, but everybody has to start somewhere.

你有一個私人島嶼可以遊玩，但大家總有起頭的時候

And when you started out, it was rough.

你剛開始的時候，滿辛苦的

- It was tough going in the beginning. - For me, yeah. In the beginning.

- 一開始的時候比較艱難。　- 對我來說，一開始是的

heck yeah, it was tough. Uh...I mean...you know...

沒錯，滿辛苦的，我是說...

when talking about a comedian, man~ I used to do a...spots for food.

當談到當一位喜劇演員，我一開始用工作交換食物

You know, doing a stand-up comedy.

當一個單人喜劇演員

So, when you go tough, you are talking about a guy who used to perform live shows in a bowling alley..

當你說困難，你是在說一個在保齡球館現場表演的人

I remember one time, I was on the show.

我記得有一次，我在表演

Right? It is only fifteen people there.

對吧？那裡只有 15 個人

But every time I want to go tell my punchline, somebody threw a strike.

但每當我要講出我的梗的時候，就會有人丟出全倒

- It's a live bowling alley. - They are bowling while you telling jokes?

- 這真的是個保齡球館 - 他們在你講笑話時打保齡球？

They are bowling, listen.

他們在打，聽著

I am in the middle lane...is... People bowling down here, people bowlinig down here.

我站在中間球道...人們在我旁邊到處打保齡球

and I'm like "Men~listen~I don't know about you all". "Bang!".

我就：「嘿大家！聽著！不知道你們覺得怎樣...」「蹦！」

"Men~listen~I don't know about you all." I never told one joke. I just kept starting over and over again.

「嘿大家！聽著！不知道你們覺得怎樣」我從未好好講完笑話，只是一直開始

Now, you have to live for a while,. You could...didn't even really have a place, did you?

現在你有地方住一段時間了，你以前連住的地方都沒有，是嗎？

No, no, no, no. I...uh...I don't like to say "not a place to live." Yes, you know, you are right.

不不不，我不會說「沒地方住」。但你說的也沒錯啦！

I didn't. But my mom, my mom kind of... My mom was like a support system.

我沒有，但我媽會資助我

You know, uh...when I need an apartment. And I went and got one one my own.

當我需要一間公寓，我就會出去找一個

I couldn't afford the rent because I was trying to do comedy.

我付不起房租，因為我一直試著做喜劇表演

So my mom... She is very religious.

所以我媽媽...她非常虔誠

She said, "Look, Kevin. I am gonna put you on my back. I got you for a year.

她說：「聽著，Kevin。我會支持你，我會幫你一年

You can go out do what you wanna do. I'mma support you.

你可以做你想做的事情

After that, you don't find a way to feed yourself, then you got to go back to school.

在那之後，你沒辦法養活你自己，你就要回去學校

You got to do something productive." I said, "Mom.

你就要去做一些有生產力的事情。」 我說：「媽媽

OK.

沒問題，

Give me a year doing this comedy."

給我一年做喜劇。」

So, my mom was very over-religious. She was always always telling me to pray, read my Bible.

我媽有點過度虔誠。她總是叫我要禱告、讀我的聖經

Um...I need rent money. It's come time for rent money.

我需要房租，到了繳房租的時候了

I am like "Mom, you didn't give me rent this month."

我就：「媽媽，你這個月沒給我房租。」

She's like "Did you read the Bible?" I'm like "Mom, I don't have time to talk about the Bible stuff right now.

她說：「你有看聖經嗎？」 我說：「媽，我現在沒時間跟你談聖經的事情

I need the money. This is for real.

我需要錢，這是來真的

They are gonna kick me out." She's like "Read your Bible, then talk to me." "Mom!

他們會把我踢出去。」 她說：「讀你的聖經，再跟我說話。」 「媽！

OK, goodbye. I hang up with my mom.

好，再見。」我掛我媽電話

I ain't gonna do this. Another month go by, I am getting eviction notice. "Mom, stop playing.

我想說算了。一個月又過去了，我收到驅逐通知。「媽別鬧了

like you don't give me this money, I am gonna be homeless." "Did you read your Bible?"

你不給我錢，我就要無家可歸了。」「你讀聖經了嗎？」

"Mom! I don't want to read the Bible right now.

「媽！我現在不想談聖經！

I am not going to have a place to read it in a minute if you don't give me the money."

你再不給我錢我都快沒地方可以讀聖經了。」

She was like, "Look, I'm not going to do this with you Kevin.

她就：「聽著，我不會理你，Kevin

Read your Bible, talk to me." It gets closed to the third month.

讀你的聖經，再跟我說話。」 第三個月就要到了

I'm like, "Oh my God, they are really threatened to kick me out." I finally opened my Bible.

我說：「我的天啊，他們真的要趕我出去了。」我終於打開了我的聖經

When I opened it up, my mom put all of the checks for the rest of the year in the Bible.

當我打開聖經，我媽把這年接下來的房租支票都夾在裡面

So I opened it, and all my rent checks fall out.

所以當我打開她，我的支票全都掉出來

I am just sat there with the dumbest look at my face... call my mom...said "Mom, I see what you did.

我呆若木雞地坐在那，打給我媽，我說：「媽，我看到你做了什麼了。

You put it in the Bible." She said, "Did you read it?".

你把錢放在聖經裡。」 她說：「你讀了嗎？」

"No, but I got the checks."

「沒有，但我拿到支票了。」