DeGeneres will send a producer or an audience member out into the . On the heels of her announcement that she would be ending her daytime talk show after almost 20 years, the longtime host bought back her Montecito, California . [crowd claps] My favorite expression is, best thing since sliced bread. Really, Is that the benchmark right there? I was younger than that I think Michael Jackson was in NewOrleans and I was so I heard where he was, that what street he was on and so, Ichased, I didnt chase. DeGeneres starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003. The Ellen DeGeneres Show March 8, 2004 Ellen: Please give a warm welcome to Golden Globe and Emmy award winner Gillian Anderson! I heard he was coming to the party. [claps] Portia and I took a picture and this guy photobombed us back there. But I didnt know what I was gonna do and my life changed when I was 21 yearsold and my girlfriend at the time was killed in a car accident And I passed the accident., it had just happened. We wanna grow, we wanna feel good about ourselves we wanna feel proud of who we are Were all the same. Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American former actress.She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998-2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, Lindsay Bluth Fnke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003-2006, 2013, 2018-2019), and . Im slicing it. Its I said: I have three dogs. He didnt even know how to slice it. You got a stupid ass, yeah, make me laugh, yeah Look, theyre fine. Why? Yeah, but heres the thing. Libary. I dont know, I For a while there, I was Every time I looked at the clock it was 11:11 and every time, and I started wondering, like, what does this mean? Girl, you looks good, wont you back that ass up I love you. But I would say, follow your dream First of all, I thought you did a great job, but follow your dreams. Ellen Degeneres: (00:53) [crowd laughs] [claps] Youll notice the difference in as littleas 48 hours. Yeah. What time of day is good for a lesbian? So [claps] Yeah, and then I get on the air in the first season. I roll it real tight. tWitch: (08:14) Just draw the bath. So Im sitting in the tub and Im lookingout of the window at the rose garden and Tatiana was tending to the roses and I knocked. Ill tell you that. These are good. If you go home, we all have the same stuff in our junk drawer. We should be on our own path. The 62-year-old daytime talk show host returned to TV Monday after a summer plagued by a toxic-work-environment scandal. Before I make a decision I wanna see how this is. Were always like Thats what you look like. [message sent noise], And shed send me this. We shouldve saved a fortune on that. That was my first voice I had and Sinbad dressed me for that, by the way. Finesse and nanno with some counterfeits Get listed in the most prominent screenplays collection on the web! But the fine dining. I didnt have waterproof clothes, I didnt have waterproof shoes I didnt have the right things. Itll put everything in perspective. I mean [crowd laughs] Its about winning. If you look at the commercials that areon the air, most every commercial is forsome type of medicine, some kind of pill and I dont knowif youve noticed it the medicine commercials The side effectsare so long that the people on the commercial are running out of activities. -Thats how we do it, dont know. Im not really vegan, I say it for the joke. Hes a handsome boy. -Ill get the asparagus. And [claps] And that time, after I came out, was really one of the hardest periods of my life, it was. Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane Commencement 2009 Below is the full transcript of Ellen DeGeneres' 2009 commencement speech at Tulane University on May 16, 2009. Does she still have the cats? Andy Lassner: (08:16) With tear-stained cheeks, Ellen DeGeneres signed off her chatshow for the final time on Thursday, ending a daytime TV juggernaut that had lasted 19 years. Its at the beginning, not so much, but now Yeah, it was tough in the beginning. We all have For some reason we wont throw a rubber band away There are tons of rubber bands like 24 rubber bands are in there, like in case, a bunch of little girls come over for pigtails one day. Fine dining. -Hows the dining? Im just gonna look down here and touch that. So my entire childhood, I never had a vaccination, never had any medicine. If you look up: Birds that dance to music. Youll see,there are so many of them. [crowd laughs] Ill bring some books, Ill read for sure. I dont know. Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( d-JEN-r-s; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and LGBT activist. I dont know if some person, a customer in the restaurant. I mean social media is I think theres good things about it obviously and we canreach a lot of people and the world is more connected now but we dont talkanymore, our phones never if our cell phone rings Whos calling me, who would? You know, I found, Portia and I, on a Sunday afternoon. I'm bringing back some classic punchlines this week. DeGeneres later returned to the Nemo franchise with the 2016 sequel, Finding Dory. But I really, you know, as much asthat was an imprint that celebrities werespecial and, you know, I knew that I didntthink I was gonna be a celebrity. I kinda had to tone it down a little bit, I had to dress differently. Listen to the MP3 Audio here: Ellen DeGeneres' 2009 Commencement Speech at Tulane University TRANSCRIPT: Scott Cowen - 14th President, Tulane University Im trying to do What he do, with raise the roof? Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now: Directed by Joel Gallen. Im not just a spokesperson, Im a gay. Her brother is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres. Yep, you could get that for sure. Call me Big Daddy when you back that ass up Thank you. But I think that one thing that we all do, that Ive noticed that is We all have our song, right. Yeah. I just started eating a piece of fish once in a while and Ill eat eggs from chickens that I know. Ellen Degeneres: (08:05) In 2016, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Maybe its right for Ive gardened. Ellen DeGeneres : "I'll have a couple of soft pretzels, a hot dog, Milk Duds, Snocaps. Where do you get your protein? Ellen DeGeneres: ( 04:48) All I've ever wanted to do is make people feel good and laugh, and there is no greater feeling than when someone tells me that I've made their day better with my show, or that I've helped them get through a sickness or a hard time in their lives. We put someone in a box so, you know I think everyone thinksthat all celebrities live exactly the same. Did someone have a bird in the hand and said: Theres two in the bush. -Yes one in the hand is worth two in the bush. Why do you call it the hand? -Well, that comeswith Parmesan cheese. Thats not important. They seemed fine, like, I dont know what it is. And before I had that dream I didnt realize I was in a cage. I did not graduate college. If you go to a restaurant, unless itsa vegan restaurant. We are all the same and we are all relatable. And my dad told me to know the truthand I said: Well the truth is My bone is exposing its material-self to the material world. Garrett, who appears to have since deleted the tweet in question, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show six times between 2004 and 2007. The bathroom attendant used to bea simple thing. You know what I mean You know what I mean, yeah. Oh yeah! Im the manager. Ellen's talent, personal warmth and insight have earned her recognition as a global entertainer and household name. I was 10 years old. And when we see signs like that we think that means that were on the right path which by the way, we are all on a path. Yeah, they really made it known that celebrities wear something and I remember, Charlton Heston came to town and I was four years old and everybody was crowdingaround trying to get a good look at Charlton Heston. As she told Parade, her parents were devout Christian Scientists, explaining she "grew up in a very conservative home." Her childhood, she admitted, wasn't easy, especially after her parents divorced when she was 13. That Im not a dancer. Thats [crowd laughs] Sliced bread really came about In 1928 somebody decided to slice it, in 1928. Ill wanna have a poncho on. And, its a big You can imagine howbig the bathroom is. And you can seethey have rhythm. He had only a dollar. Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, and included a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Im a human being. He said: Well, I mean, your life has changed so much. And Isaid: I know but I still think Imrelatable. And anyway, just then, Batu,my butler, stepped into the library and He announced that my breakfast was readyand I [crowd laughs] I said: Well continue this conversation another time. Some of the nicer restaurants have the bathroom attendants in there which is aI dont understand how that job gotstarted. Its on your mind cause youre worried that someones gonna find out. Read the transcript of "Ellen Degeneres: Relatable" (2018). Obviously, a lot of grads, this is a tough time to be starting out. It is." 06 of 10. I a few years ago I started ending my show by saying: Be kind to one another. And [crowd cheers] Yeah, thats what I thought. [crowd laughs] For Petes sake! Who is Pete, and why are we doing everything for his sake? She established The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund to save the mountain gorillas. Im torn, I dont know how I feel. They just put the room in the air. "Ellen DeGeneres" Scripts.com. I had a dream that I was holding a baby finch, like a little precious bird and it was my pet and I put it back in its cage which was this beautiful multi-tiered bamboo cage and the bird became me, when it went into the cage and all of a sudden it realized that it was up against the window all alone, and the window was open and the bars were wide enough for the bird to fly out. Bread has been around forever. Theyve gotten a pottery class, theyve played frisbee with a dog. Negotiations breaking down Shes your friend, shes my friend. When I dosomething stupid, its a story. We have the song like: Oh my God, thats my song. And if were at a club and that song comes on you wanna dance but you will not dance until you hit the designated dance floor. with the money, yeah, dont act funny, yeah Some of these restaurants they have thewaiters that I get so much anxiety from the waiters that refuse to take yourorders and write it down. Buenas tardes, estudiantes. Is she gonna be OK? When when you have a house, and the bigger the house the more ladders. Ellen Degeneres Commencement Speech Transcript 2020, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. 2023. Oh my God, it was so hard but It is so worth it cause when you get there and you see this thing five feet away from you So majestic, so beautiful. Im just going to shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off. My publicist,my agent, my manager anyone making moneyoff of me said: Dont do it. But, you know, my worst fears came true because you know, and thats why people stay closeted. Ellen Degeneres: (04:10) In November 2019,. And the haters are gonna hate, hate, hate, hate. DeGeneres says allegations of a toxic work environment on . You know, how people are, and I said: I gotta get going. I moved into this tiny basement apartment and you could hardly stand up in it. [crowd claps] But I do love these expressions. There were fleas everywhere. Its your hand. We stand up. Im gonna prescribe you pot and a pet.. May 26, 2022, 3:58 PM PDT. Everything was fine, thank you. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. That was a religion we were. If you put your money where your mouth is, you might end up swallowing a penny. Thats what Ive noticed. [crowd claps] Yes, I turned 60 this year. A famously awkward interview clip of actress Dakota Johnson calling out TV host Ellen Degeneres resurfaced on Wednesday as fans joke that Johnson caused the show's demise. Its And it was raining for a long time before we got there like a month before we got there and so it was really muddy and theres like stinging thistles and all kinds of brush everywhere that youve got somebody hacking away with a machete and youre trying to get through and sometimes you had to crawl this far under, were sinking in the mud like, to our knees and three hours up the mountain at some point, I was like, to me On Thursday, the comedian said goodbye to her long-running self-titled talk show after 19 seasons of (more than 4,000 . I cant honk ever at anyone. -Thank you. *Ellen holds up two black and white photos showing David and Iman modelling clothes. For the shoes to see themselves, cause youcant. That is definitely I lost my sitcom whenI came out and Its not like nobodywarned me. Ive never been back there. Yes, Im enjoying it. Calculate how much it costs to transcribe, caption, or subtitle your content. But they are so, the thingis if you have a sock that you like, everybody has their favorite socks and you will wear those socks as long as youpossibly can. I said: Well, they werent watchingme at night. You know that. Can you do it without? Ellen Degeneres: (00:19) Sidewalks have cracks, and if you step on a crack, you break your mother's back. Can you imagine that Thomas Edison is there and the Wright brothers and Is the guy who sliced the bread here? Its really working out for me now. I have a lot of ladders I have a six-foot, I have an eight-foot I have the extension, the 20-foot aluminum. Youse a fine motherfucker, wont you back that ass up Dont let anyone try and talk you out of them. But I really For a few minutes there it really seemed like it was goingwell and I thought everyone in Hollywoodthats closeted is gonna come out after me I pictured like a stampede of wildelephants like every closeted actor andactress in Hollywood But instead, they were like littlemeerkats coming out of their little meerkat closets. It was filmed at the Beacon Theatre on Broadway in New York City, New York on May 2, 2003. Theyre flying and they think theyve got it all but they dont. Back that ass up Cause Id like it to come out right. Its just so Im filled withanxiety when they come up to the table and they just come up and: And thelady will have? Back that ass up She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. Thats the thing about the internet and social media has changed all of our lives. 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