In celebration of OWN’s “Your OWN Show” that airs Fridays at 9PM, The Oprah Magazine took time to ask six TV luminaries “What Was Your Big Break?”

为庆祝星期五上午9时开播的OWN（奥普拉·温弗蕾电视网）节目“你的OWN脱口秀”，0杂志（奥普拉杂志）采访六位大腕，倾听他们述说人生的转折点。

Ellen DeGeneres:
“When I started out, I traveled the country doing street performances and small gigs. I lived in my car until I was discovered in a coffee shop in San Diego… wait, I’m sorry. I’m thinking of a documentary I saw about Jewel. My big break came on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I was ecstatic when I got booked and went crazy figuring out what to wear. (Sinbad actually gave me shopping advice, and I listened to him. That explains the Hammer pants.) Onstage, I “killed,” as they say. When I finished, I looked around everywhere—except at Johnny. I looked at the band, the audience, the lighting guy. When I finally looked at Johnny, he was leaning over the desk beckoning me to join him. I was the first female comedian he ever asked over to his couch. He said I was clever. I’ll never forget that.”"

Ellen DeGeneres:

“刚出道的时候，我走过许多城市，做些街头表演和小场秀。开始我一直蜗居在车里，直到在圣地亚哥的一家咖啡店里被星探发现……等下下，抱歉哈，我刚在想着一篇关于珠儿（Jewel Kilcher，歌手，在圣地亚哥的咖啡厅唱歌后走红Ellen还真是搞笑）的报道。我人生最大的转折点是上Johnny Carson的《今夜秀》，得知能上该节目的时候我简直高兴坏了，都不知道该穿什么才好。（我听了Sinbad的建议去买衣服，这才有了出彩的“蓬蓬的哈伦裤”造型Ellen曾在自己的某期秀上放过当年的那段视频，还在结尾的时候穿着那套哈伦裤亮相，现在看起来还很潮）在台上，我“酷毙”了，大家这么说。表演结束后，我环顾四周，除了Johnny。我看着乐队、疯狂的观众还有灯光师。当我最后终于和Johnny眼神交会时，他身子靠着桌子示意我过去跟他聊聊。我是这个节目上第一个坐过去和他聊天的女喜剧演员。他夸我贼聪明，那可真是难忘啊！”

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