英國女星凱特．溫絲蕾（Kate Winslet）因飾演電影《鐵達尼號》女主角羅絲聲名大噪。
然而在她成名前，卻曾因自己豐滿的身形，被同儕嘲弄；但她並未因此放棄夢想，經過不斷試鏡、學習，終於一圓演藝夢。三月二十四日，她在英國倫敦出席一場慈善活動並發表演說，用自己醜小鴨變天鵝的故事，鼓勵所有年輕人：
I was always auditioning for the school plays. I didn't really get very good parts. I would often get cast crocodile or the scarecrow, I was even a dancing frog once. But it didn't matter. I wanted to be great and I was determined to keep learning. I’ve been bullied at school. I felt that I wasn't good enough. I didn't have the perfect body. I didn’t lock myself away and give up on my dream. I fought back. I had to ignore the negative comments. I had to believe in myself. You have to be indestructible to do what you love, and believe that you are worth it.
我以前常在學校劇中試鏡，也沒獲得什麼好角色，我會得到像是鱷魚或是稻草人的角色，甚至還演過跳舞青蛙。但那不重要。我只想要更好，我下定決心更認真學習。我曾經在校園中被霸凌，我知道自己的確不夠好，沒有一副好身材，但我沒有因此把自己的心封閉，也不打算放棄夢想。我必須忽視那些負評，必須相信自己。你必須至死不渝的做你所愛，並且相信它值得你這麼做。
audition / ɔˋdɪʃən / (v.) 試演、試鏡
例句：I'm auditioning for a big Broadway musical.
我正在試鏡一齣很重要的百老匯音樂劇。
scarecrow / ˋskɛr͵kro / (n.) 稻草人
例句：Bring some old clothes so we can build a scarecrow.
帶些舊衣服來，我們一起做個稻草人。
indestructible / ͵ɪndɪˋstrʌktəbl / (a.) 不滅的、不能破壞的
例句：The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity.
靈魂是不可毀滅且將永垂不朽。
