00:00Oh, oh, oh, she ready.
00:15Oh, first, I want to thank God for giving me the energy
00:22to be here on this planet, because I'll be tired.
00:27But I'm so happy.
00:29I'm just, man, I'm, I look cute.
00:34I'm kind of down, girl.
00:36Sorry, I'm easily distracted.
00:40But I really want to thank God, and I want to thank my grandma for giving me such a great work ethic.
00:47It's all work.
00:48It's people like, you so lucky.
00:51No, I worked my butt off.
00:53There is casting directors in here right now.
00:56Kim, Kim goes, you know.
00:59I showed up to her office a lot, didn't get a lot of jobs, but you put me, you put me in that movie, girl.
01:12Thank you for believing in me, and she would always tell me, honey, you a breath of fresh air.
01:17See you next time.
01:18There's a lot of people in this room, though, right now that believed in me and gave me an opportunity, and I'm just super grateful and thankful.
01:38Thank you so much for always being encouraging.
01:42No one say thank you to my friends over there at table 24.
01:47Me and Rel, we used to be on the telephone talking and stuff.
01:53I used to be like, Rel, we're going to make it, man.
01:56We're going to do this.
01:56We're going to have a TV show.
01:57We're going to be like brother and sister, husband and wife.
01:59We're going to do something, man.
02:00And Rel be like, uh-huh.
02:02He's like, you dream big.
02:06Yeah, I dream big.
02:07You got to dream as big as possible, I feel like.
02:10And like, look at us now, Rel.
02:12Ah!
02:15Told you we was going to go to awards and stuff.
02:18And I want to say thank you to my best friend, Selena.
02:24We met when we were 12 years old, and she never got rid of me.
02:28Even though I was acting weird and stuff, and I wear Payless shoes, and I have my little Payless knockoff Doc Martens, right?
02:34And then I wanted the boots, but I couldn't afford the boots, so I wear black socks up to my knees.
02:39And she still would walk with me.
02:41She would be like, girl, you need to get some money to get the dog.
02:46I can afford Doc Martens now, though.
02:48Ah!
02:52And I want to say thank you to Precious, who does my hair, and thank you to Dion, who does my makeup.
02:58I mean, sometimes I'll come up, I'll be late to my hair appointment, and I've known Precious for like 10 years.
03:03I'll be running late, and she'll be like, girl, you late.
03:06And I'll be like, girl, I'm broke, too.
03:09But I got this audition, I'm probably going to get it.
03:12If I get it, I got you.
03:15Here go $15 for right now.
03:17And they're all taking y'all all over the world with me.
03:23We're going all over the world, too.
03:25My girl Marlo, Marlo Williams, she's a stand-up comic.
03:29We touring, doing comedy together.
03:31And when I was homeless at one point, Marlo let me stay in her house, but I had to get out because she was waking up too early yelling at the Mexicans.
03:40Am I saying too much?
03:41I don't care.
03:44My friend Aida Rodriguez, we'd be on the phone early in the morning, motivational speaking to each other, like, crying and everything.
03:51Like, oh, I didn't get it.
03:52It's going to be all right, girl.
03:53We're going to make it.
03:54You know what?
03:55You've got to change the way you think.
03:56You've got to change it.
03:57It's all about how you think.
03:58I really believe it's all about the thought process, the thoughts.
04:00If you have negative thoughts, guess what?
04:02Negative existence.
04:03You've got to change your thoughts.
04:08Positive thoughts, positive things.
04:13I'm just saying.
04:16I mean, I was living in a Geo Metro, y'all.
04:18It was cold, but I was like, you know what, though?
04:21I'm not in Alaska.
04:22I'm in California, though.
04:24I'm in Beverly Hills in my Geo Metro.
04:29Yep, and then that came full circle, and I did Def Jam.
04:32And the dude, the director of Def Jam, Stan Lake, I was sleeping in front of his house.
04:35I didn't even know it until he invited me over to a Super Bowl party.
04:38And I was like, oh, I used to live right here, man.
04:41This is great.
04:42This is great.
04:44Look at this.
04:46It's nice in this house.
04:48I lived outside.
04:49I lived outside in that Geo Metro I just pulled up in.
04:52Now I got a Honda, but shoot, I'm about to get a better car.
04:57Because I heard if you talk about cars enough, somebody might get you one for free.
05:02So them Fords, them Fords is popping.
05:06I'm just saying.
05:08What up with that Ford, though?
05:10My Instagram numbers is up.
05:14I can take some pictures.
05:19Make sure I got a pillow in it in case something happened, though, so I can rest.
05:25Oh, gosh.
05:26I'm not the most eloquent speaker, but I speak from my heart, y'all.
05:33And my heart is full of, like, love and joy and happiness right now.
05:42I just, you know, somebody asked me, have you ever been to this event before?
05:47And I was like, I don't know.
05:48I think I dreamed about it.
05:49Then I realized I was here before.
05:50I was here last year in the corner over there, like, I'm going to do that one day.
05:54And then, boom!
05:56Ta-da!
05:58I really thought I was going to say poems and stuff when I imagined it.
06:03But.
06:08And I had wrote some stuff that was, like, real poetic.
06:11And then I was like, Tiff, you ain't no poet.
06:14Be you.
06:15And I just have to say, you know, coming from where I came from and being a foster youth.
06:23And I remember I used to try to make it adventurous for me, like, living in all them different homes.
06:26Like, ooh, you know, ooh, who knows?
06:29This might be cool.
06:30Like, ooh, they might teach me how to dance.
06:32They might teach me, like, you know, really being, like, it's an adventure.
06:36But it was a, ooh.
06:37But it was a, I'm glad I had those experiences because now when I perform, I can come from a place of reality.
06:50I know how different people live now.
06:53And, you know, everybody crazy.
06:55It don't matter what your nationality is.
06:58I live with some different races.
06:59And everybody got problems.
07:02And so, I shouldn't have said that.
07:05But it's true.
07:09And I'm so grateful for those experiences because I can relate to anybody, I feel like.
07:15I can be in any room, anywhere.
07:18I mean, I just came back from Eritrea, where my father is from.
07:22And that's in Africa, y'all.
07:25That's where Wakanda's at.
07:26It's hidden.
07:28On the east side.
07:30No, I'm just playing.
07:31But I learned so much.
07:35And I met so many wonderful people.
07:37And I realized that no matter where I go in the world, I've been to Japan.
07:41I've been to Thailand.
07:42I've been to China.
07:43I've been to England.
07:45And I've been in the airport in France.
07:48And I've been to Italy and Spain.
07:53And it's like, in Turkey, everybody the same.
07:57We all got problems.
07:58We all want to be loved.
07:59We all want to be happy.
08:01And I just wish that every single person in here is just full of happiness.
08:06I curse y'all with happiness.
08:08I hope that every single one of you becomes so happy you spread it.
08:11I hope your happiness is contagious.
08:16And I want to say thank you to all the other honorees.
08:20Oh, my gosh.
08:20Every single one of you have touched my life in some kind of way, shape, or form.
08:24Oh.
08:26Oh.
08:27I would go into it, but I feel like they want me to get off the stage.
08:31So I'm going to just say, I'll tell you personally.
08:35I'm going to tell y'all personally.
08:36Because you all are amazing.
08:38Every one of you brings so much light to the planet.
08:41And I'm so grateful.
08:42And every single one of us in here, all us women, we bring a lot of light.
08:46A lot of light.
08:47A lot of wonderfulness.
08:49And if you ever feel like bringing some negativity, like, just sit your ass down somewhere.
09:00My name is Tiffany Haddish.
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