Science & Technology
Why Talent Carries You Further Than Fame #shorts
“I am an actress, an entrepreneur and an activist. Yet to this day, I have no formal qualifications to my name”. Maisie Willams’ career has been built upon a symphony of seemingly normal opportunities that evolved into extraordinary life-changing events. Watch her full TED Talk:
Natalie P
October 19, 2022 at 4:08 pm
This girl has literally done nothing good except Game of Thrones – and in GoT, she was literally being controlled as a puppet. So that it would turn out good.
Ti My
October 19, 2022 at 4:46 pm
Wtf are you talking about? She’s an actor like everybody else on the show.
C L
October 19, 2022 at 8:37 pm
@Ti My just because you are on a television show or in a movie and being paid for it… Doesn’t give you a right to be called an actor. She was decent for the role, because the role didn’t actually require any acting skills. Most child roles don’t.
Kero 7
October 19, 2022 at 4:11 pm
I didn’t learn anything.
Hiu MattDo
October 19, 2022 at 4:12 pm
nah. she is lucky to get in got
n0ne0ther
October 19, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Quit school, kids.
PotatoPie
October 19, 2022 at 4:26 pm
But, I don’t see any talent here ? TED ?
3k_j
October 19, 2022 at 4:26 pm
Luck
Matthew Lee
October 19, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Another kid actor clinging on to fame in adult life. It helps if you can actually act. The girl who played her sister is equally as talentless. Now she’s doing TED talks. Almost spat my brew out lol
Natalie P
October 19, 2022 at 7:23 pm
Exactly – and when she starts to realise that she has no fame anymore and that he only gets offered roles in absolute bad b-movies with a extremely low paycheque.. when that day comes, she will, just like every other ex-famous woman – create a 0nlyfans and advertise it and realise what an easy hustle that is.
Joe
October 19, 2022 at 4:42 pm
This has to be the wrong clip.
Or maybe the actual context of the video is betrayed by the title?
C L
October 19, 2022 at 4:44 pm
To be fair, Ted Talks do seem to just take anyone… They have some great ones but this is obviously one of the bad ones. She can’t even perform public speaking well.
Edit: I get it now! The title of the video is saying that she’s gone nowhere because she only had fame and no talent.
Don Doodat
October 19, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Are you upset because you have neither?
Luiz Fellipe
October 19, 2022 at 8:45 pm
@Don Doodat damn
Kobi Morton
October 20, 2022 at 11:44 am
you cant say that on youtube! its too positive and cringe now, no roasting allowed
420
October 19, 2022 at 4:56 pm
As if her lack of talent needed assistance in making itself apparent.
hiPPoPhaine
October 19, 2022 at 5:04 pm
The lesson here is that Ted shorts are completely useless
muthaduka
October 19, 2022 at 5:37 pm
😂
高阳
October 21, 2022 at 2:42 pm
😂
SavageSmithy
October 19, 2022 at 5:09 pm
thanks for the life story but who asked?
Ali Muhammad
October 19, 2022 at 5:29 pm
I told the same to my mother at 10 too
I got a boot smacking of my life
C L
October 19, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Yeah we all want to be like Lily Elliott
Kyle Kellier
October 19, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Talent makes you famous let’s not forget that
Daniel Krcmar
October 19, 2022 at 5:46 pm
What carries you even further is personal connections. The reality is it’s about who you know and not what you know.
R
October 19, 2022 at 8:54 pm
Yeah in the end its all about the connections. TED talks really fell off when they let literally anyone come on to talk about literally anything.
Don Doodat
October 20, 2022 at 9:14 am
That sounds like an excuse.
Kobi Morton
October 20, 2022 at 11:43 am
this is a great place to share advice! Ive got some advice for you too!
Sam Moore
October 19, 2022 at 6:17 pm
Dance, M3gan, dance
alexanderthesour
October 19, 2022 at 10:42 pm
What has she done since GOT? Seems like talent isn’t carrying her very far
chelsea bunker
October 19, 2022 at 11:34 pm
Her fire ❤
Taric Alani
October 19, 2022 at 11:53 pm
This is survivorship bias at its worst.
طيف ألكلابي
October 20, 2022 at 4:49 am
نحتاج الترجمة للعربية من فضلك
Billy T
October 20, 2022 at 5:03 am
I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take from this. No wait! I know! Absolutely nothing.
Xiph1980
October 20, 2022 at 5:43 am
There’s quite a few people in the comments here who’d do well to reflect on why they feel the need to personally attack this actress. Regardless on whether you think she’s good or not, there’s no need to put her down just to make yourselves feel better. That is just sad.
rizwan
October 20, 2022 at 7:59 am
People are not attacking her, people are saying that the title is not realistic.
Robert Knight
October 20, 2022 at 8:42 am
So like, who asked?
Joe Joey
October 20, 2022 at 2:58 pm
TED became a platform for those wishing to stroke their egos
Carly D
October 20, 2022 at 8:26 pm
Why is everyone hating? I think she’s great
Hollow Oak
October 21, 2022 at 2:18 am
Because nothing she said has anything to do with talent as titled in the clip, shes literally just patting herself on the back and giving nothing of value
Carly D
October 22, 2022 at 1:40 am
@Hollow Oak it’s just a short clip of it though. It’s like writing an essay, you’re supposed to sound confident in yourself even if you don’t feel it 100% to drive the message home. The clip is chopped and screwed, but from context clues I’m assuming the theme is to follow your dreams and keep going in the face of failure. She didn’t describe Arya as a flawless, beautiful young girl but yet she said she was perfect for the PART. She said she was too young at the start to comprehend the fear of failure. A lot of what she’s describing is yes, tenacity, but also circumstance and embracing your uniqueness. What’s wrong with that?
Hollow Oak
October 22, 2022 at 2:47 am
@Carly D To me and many others it came off as “I’m lucky I’m me and could go to acting school. Thats why I got the part.” The extremely overused “just be yourself” is maybe a cool message for children, but for a TED talk? No, there is no missing context that adds value to this clip though, the whole talk is about herself, and towards the end, the shilling of some app she was releasing. People aren’t necessarily mad at maisie here, but are upset with what TED has become. This might work for tedx but is overall nowhere near the quality of thoughts and ideas shared when TED was fresh. She literally ended with an unironic “dare to follow your dreams.” Now TED seems to be self promotion for rich and famous people, and the saturated, surface level takes from them have become satire at this point
Heather
October 21, 2022 at 11:26 am
Talent? Let’s see how she fare in 10 years’ time.
Malex
October 22, 2022 at 1:58 am
She says game of thrones like it’s the greatest thing in the world and not the most hated ruined show of all time huh
Sam Goulding
October 23, 2022 at 12:58 pm
And she added nothing to game of thrones except helped to ruin the ending 🤣