NO EXCUSES.

when you compromise and you fail it really hurts it hurts even more and failing at what you love 20 years ago 20 years ago today is when Apple computers unveiled the first iMac this is iMac I saw that and I saw that on Twitter and I got super super nostalgia because it made me think it made me think of when I got this this is my iMac and this was the machine the first ever that I edited video on it got me thinking and got me nostalgic and it got me a little sad because I was thinking back to what my life was like then what my life was like at the exact moment when I realized my dream my ambition to one day become a filmmaker where I was then where I wanted to be and everything that stood in between me and achieving my dreams it got me thinking about those those obstructions the things you have to overcome to accomplish your aspirations in life so today's episode in its entirety is gonna be dedicated to one subject in one subject only and that is the subject of excuses excuses are exactly like holes everybody's got them but nobody wants to hear about yours [Music] this is you and here are your dreams and aspirations all that stuff what stands between you and your dreams and aspirations are obstructions what you have to overcome to achieve your dreams when I think back about my own obstructions when I got that IMAX I think of the fact that I had dropped out of high school I had no education to fall back on I think about the fact that I knew nothing about the very thing that I was aspiring to pursue my dream I knew nothing about filmmaking those were some of the gigantic obstructions between me and any realization of my ambition there were obstructions but they weren't excuses would you welcome Jim Carrey Jim [Music] my name is Jim Carrey I'd like to do some impressions for you tonight Jim Carrey one of the greatest American comedians ever in one of my absolute idols Jim Carrey Jim Carrey's dad Jim Carrey's dad wanted to be a comedian my father was not only the funniest man in the room and before I was born he had an orchestra in Toronto but you know in order to be something special you had to leave Canada and come down to the States improve yourself in the States he was a little bit afraid of that transition and and also he had a family to take care of so he he became an accountant and ironically ultimately he was fired from his safe job and him and his son Jim Carrey and the rest of their family they were homeless a lot of people don't know this but but when I was about 14 or 15 my father lost his job and I actually became homeless for quite some time Jim Carrey the movie star his obstructions were those things like being dirt poor his dad not having a job the fact that Jim Carrey had to drop out of school when he was 15 to work as a janitor the fact that Jim Carrey was homeless with his family living out of a car those were Jim Carrey's obstructions but they weren't his excuses excuses are the obstructions that become the reasons for you abandoning your dreams despite those obstructions he still overcame all of them to chase down his dream and become one of the most successful comedians in the history of comedy each obstruction that is not overcome becomes an excuse and these excuses ultimately take the place of your dreams and then all that's left are you and your excuses so today on the shot wanna introduce you to somebody who I'm a huge fan of somebody who I draw tremendous amounts of inspiration from somebody who had greater obstructions than I could ever imagine obstructions that make you know being broke or not having education seem meaningless someone who's really chased down all of his dreams let me let me list some of his accolades he's a best-selling author he had his own TV show that I think he wrote and directed he's friends with huge Hollywood movie stars like Russell Crowe and you know five big movie stars he's been on the red carpet of the Oscars the most famous red carpet in the world when he was a kid he wanted to be an action movie star and he had hit a major role and one of the greatest action movies ever made an action movie that won a movie that won six Academy Awards a movie that made three hundred and seventy eight million dollars in the box office he is by all means someone who had a bunch of drink had a bunch of dreams had a lot of obstructions and I've never ever ever heard make an excuse there is it's good to see you Quinn it's been a while what time is it there all right I like to Europe early this may well be the most fragile boy in the world he was born with broken bones and they haven't stopped breaking Quinn I'm telling the story of of what it means to overcome obstructions in life to pursue a dream tell me your life story this young man is trying to do what the doctors deemed impossible which is brittle bone disease which means my bones break more easily than you or someone else you know and the doctors said that I wouldn't survive a day let alone however old I am now the one and only Quinton Kenna Han how did you get a part in Mad Max one of Australia's favorite characters who is a filmmaker producer and disability advocate now has something else occupying his time Quinton Kenna Han has landed a role in a big-budget Hollywood movie OC but just don't see what's magic tightly dead [Music] what what are some of the other accolades of your career that you're particularly proud of for the audience to learn about rights it that I'm the only disabled person ever in an academy award-winning I love that it's not right yeah master goes to Mad Max fury road Federation from the Queen I like that awesome these are just Ingles these are just things yeah I agree the things that I love is that I'm friends with you know I've got good friends and a good support network in my family around me they're the things that I hold the enemy your obstructions are a lot of them have to do with your physical state but you chose not to let your obstructions become excuses and use you that is true you still achieve your dreams despite all these obstructions and you're still a man with no excuses so I guess I would ask what advice would you have for well certainly for me because I'll take it but maybe for my audience about overcoming obstructions to in pursuit of your own dreams really when you get to a hospital yeah you really have to bring it down to two things you're either gonna move or you're either gonna dawn and I decided very early long on that can I swear you're sure Quentin you'll bleep it out I decide if I'm gonna live [ __ ] it let's leave anytime gonna die [ __ ] it bring it on dawg [Music] wins an amazing guy but there's one thing that he said that really it was when he said that he got the brass ring in life as in he got lucky and won at life that guy facing the hardships that he has to face dealing with the I mean just as the you know his own physical disability for someone to maintain that positive perspective on life I think that kind of positivity probably the most important thing when it comes to making sure your obstructions don't become your excuses okay that's it I'll see you tomorrow on 360 [Music]

Channel: CaseyNeistat

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Id: g3s0--LcgQw

Length: 11min 28sec (688 seconds)

Published: Mon May 07 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/yooston]

Jim Carrey is Canadian lol🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/sgtstickey]

Lol I thought Tom Hardy was going to show up in the office for a second there.

[u/[deleted]]

The issue I have with motivational speakers is that personal achievement in one field does not necessarily mean their experience is sufficient to motivate people in diverse disciplines, careers, and life situations. Viktor Frankl survived the holocaust and wrote about the difference between those who lived and those who died....those who found meaning in the suffering and death that surrounded them had a greater chance at survival. A meaningful life can be found in a myriad of ways, and there is often a confusion between purpose and happiness. Casey found his meaning, bu it is up to us, as individuals, to find our own meaning; even the greatest motivational speakers can't provide that.

[u/PanzerkampfwagenIII]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. This from a man who had his app bought out by CNN for millions and then just sort of sat there while the company collapsed. Sounds a bit like quitting. Being a bullshit artist is popular these days, I should try it. I can spout platitudes and bromides with a straight face.

[u/Bricci]

why does casey need to do arts and crafts and create pointless diagrams to explain simple ass concepts?

[u/[deleted]]

This video was a major cringe for me. He completely downplayed luck again, like if the guy was disabled and like was able to participate in special olympics or some kinda mountain climb it's something other people could do but no he picked a guy that got cast for a major movie. Do you know how many people I know since I live in LA that aren't disabled and don't make excuses and haven't gotten anywhere acting, a lot. Like Casey that guy got lucky even though he had a an unfortunate defect at birth, he should have used an example of someone like the blind guy that YouTubes or something like that not a guy that got lucky as a way to not make excuses, did this videos message make sense to anyone? I found the video call and the message before to be two different messages.

[u/yikes-dude]

Boring.

[u/Armond404]

Okay Gary V

[u/humanexperence]

Unsubbing from this subreddit. Nothing but a bunch of holier than thou. Its a video. Chill