Michael Sheen is an award-winning Welsh actor known for his extensive work across film, TV and stage. Watch his full TED Talk : https://youtu.be/cEG0Tp-iLuo

Now, that is an incredibly important thing, to see your background, your experience, your history represented out there in the world, having a voice, speaking on a platform, doing the things that perhaps you hope that you would be able to do.

If you can't see yourself out there, or anyone who looks like you or sounds like you, it's very hard to imagine that you'll be able to do that as well.

And that's 1 part of what was incredibly important, I've realized over the years, of what was incredibly important about me being able to have the life and the opportunities in the career that I've had.

I've realized more and more as time has gone on, how much I owe everything, all the opportunities I've had to other people and the work of other people.


Speaker 0: Now, that is an incredibly important thing, to see your background, your experience, your history represented out there in the world, having a voice, speaking on a platform, doing the things that perhaps you hope that you would be able to do. If you can't see yourself out there, or anyone who looks like you or sounds like you, it's very hard to imagine that you'll be able to do that as well. And that's 1 part of what was incredibly important, I've realized over the years, of what was incredibly important about me being able to have the life and the opportunities in the career that I've had. But it's only 1 part. I've realized more and more as time has gone on, how much I owe everything, all the opportunities I've had to other people and the work of other people.

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