Ashton Kutcher Speech - Teen Choice Awards (HQ) 

Great speech, annoying audience.

"The first job I had was helping my dad carrying shingles up to the roof." *HYSTERICAL SCREAM FROM GIRL IN AUDIENCE* I guess she really likes shingles.

Nobody cheered at the hard work part. That's the most important

The only one that understood the speech in the audience was sheldon.

when he said "being sexy" in the beginning, i mentally rolled my eyes because i was expecting something superficial to be said, but once he said nothing is sexier than being smart, i smiled so much. my respect and love for ashton has grown so much today.

As a 23 year old dude who's struggling in life big time, i needed to hear this badly

What an honest speech. Too bad none of those hundred screaming girls understand anything he's saying.

I have shown this to my class of struggling math students for the past two years on the first day of class. This spring, a girl came to me to say good-bye as she is moving to another district. She had changed since I first met her nearly 2 years ago. She had been a loud-mouthed, know-it-all, won't-do-any-schoolwork-because-I'm-going-to-be-on-welfare-like-my-mom 14-year-old. She now had goals. She was joining the police junior explorers group with a plan of going to the Police Academy after high school. Her grades in 10th grade were really good. After she gave me this update, she told me that part of what helped her to change was this Ashton Kutcher video. It didn't hit home right away, but she had pulled it up and watched it several times since then and started changing her thinking about herself and her future. She had also told other people to watch it. Thank you, Ashton. At least one teenager's life has been changed, in part, by your speech.

This is one of the best award speeches I have ever heard in my entire live. Honest and sincere words.

Its scary and sad at the same time that many of those teens didnt receive the message. I applaud you Ashton for your effort.

Be smart, be thoughtful, and be generous!

It's too bad the screaming girlies won't shut up long enough to listen.

Very profound, though shameful that the children he expressed the knowledge to did not pay the least bit of attention.

Chris is trying to tell the teens a message. But sadly, they don't get it.

I cringed at the girls screaming while he was giving this speech. I don't think they even paid attention to anything he said.

Wow. amazing speech...too bad the annoying girls ruined most of it.

Considering Kutcher's IQ is 160, he's a pretty sexy beast.

One of the most brilliant and honest speeches ever said on any of these shows. Children listen up and make you own life. Beautiful Ashton

I was 12 the first time I heard this speech. It’s 7 years later and I still come back and rewatch it because of how much it hit me.

Wise man

Those kids just got a better education from a man from hollywood than they will likely get in school and from their parents. Ashton is a rare breed amongst actors. Good for him. Hope those kids listen.

"the sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart" -International Supermodel Ashton Kutcher

Hearing those teenagers scream and cheer at everything he said EXCEPT all the important points he was trying to make makes me realize how screwed this generation really is.

"build a life not live one" nothing more to say

Kelso has really gotten wise since the 70's. This is the greatest speech by an actor (not including a movie role) that I've ever seen.

how sad. hes trying to deliver a fantastic speech about being intelligent and the girls only csre about taking off his shirt. If only they'd listen eh

How fortunate for all those young people to have the opportunity to have someone like him give such great comments - if only those words were truly absorbed by those in that audience. That speech truly touched my heart!

Wow, that was amazing

I had just turned 13 when he said this and in a turning point in my life where I was stuck in a rut and felt like I didn’t matter and that I wouldn’t achieve anything because I wasn’t as pretty as other girls. The night this came out, I suddenly felt inspired to go out and not worry about my appearance, but instead live my life and work on bettering myself. I’m now approaching adulthood and even 5 years later, I still come back to this speech and listen to what Ashton has to say. He made a brilliant point

Actually, it's one of the best places to make such a great speech. They've seen that there is a different side to this man, and they look up to him. Aspiring to what he said is exactly what is needed.

"The sexiest thing in the world is being really smart" *cue the 1000's of girls that cheer for Ashton despite their reluctance to date the smart guys in their school.*

Man this is such a great speach. Its the kind of speech you can learn from (especially if you were in a public speaking class like me). It has all the elements of a great speech. Got all the main points down, spoke clearly and passionately, hand gestures kept the audience engage, and so much more. Good job Ashton! (or Chris lol)

I'm 38 and I'm speechless! Mad props to you Chris!! thank you for letting kids know that there's more than being stupid and cool. I cant Express listening to an actor open him self up on stage like this! THANK YOU .. A GUY FROM MAINE..

I love when people understand that we need to respect teens enough to treat them like the intelligent young adults they are. Good for you, Ashton Kutcher! Very inspiring to me.

I saw this speech right before I started my freshman year at college. This speech has been a guiding light in my life ever since. Thank you Ashton 💙

"At 13, i worked helping my dad carry shingles to the roof" random ass girl " (piecring) AAAHHHHHHH" bitch it's shingles, fucking relax.

The sad thing is that those teenage girls are not really listening to Ashton's words of wisdom, except the adults. (Harry Styles was in tears.) It's a shame, today's youth really needs advice like this.

I totally agree with everything Chris said. As soon as this world stops thinking they deserve things and starts realizing that if they want something they need to work hard and go and get it, the better off we will all be. Work hard and don't take any handouts.

This guy inspired me to get my job back and put aside my ego for the sake of the belief that there's better opportunities ahead. Thank you Ashton!!

been saving this clip for 7 years. my kids were too young to understand then, but my daughter started her first job today at 16. never too late to share some good wisdom.

this is actually so inspirational.

It sucks that half the people in the audience never even took this speech seriously . That was very inspiring . Good job, Chris .

Kelso got really smart!! LOL! Epic speech! :P

despite all of the screams and all of the whistles, the important thing is that from either the 2,000,000 people that watched this video or the people that were at the awards, there will an select few at which he infected change into these individuals and motivated them to do something greater with their lives. Well spoken, Chris.

Such "right on" advise! Luv this Ashton!

This is absolutely amazing. He’s got such a great perspective and I’ve always loved his work. This is a message that EVERYONE needs to hear, regardless of age. Amazing amazing speech.

There's nothing sexier than a guy who can make a good speech like that. Someone who can sound inspiring and intelligent. Ashton Kutcher was and still is my eternal man crush after that speech but SERIOUSLY *GIRLS SHUT THE HELL UP PLEASE* My gosh...

I respect those celebrities who use their power to affect the public.Thank you Ashton(Chris?) for showing us a good exsmple of how to be the sexiest person in the world.You are smart,you are sexy and I love you.

We could all learn from this. Thank you Chris Kutcher!

I love that he pointed to his brain when he said "Always be sexy."

he's preaching to the wrong choir... but was a great speech nonetheless.

you could tell just from watching him speak those words, he does mean it profoundly and i can feel his intense desire to preach this message to people

God bless Chris for this conservative speech. Love it

Bravo, Chris, Bravo! I can't believe this video doesn't have more hits. Thank you so much for speaking the honest truth. Please continue to speak out to young people.

This speech needs to be constantly replayed to the masses

My love for Ashton (or should I say Chris?) has just been reborn. So inspiring, all I kept doing during his speech was nodding my head and smiling. The truth always gives you goosebumps and this speech didn't not fail that. Wonderful Ashton. Kudos and respect to you.

If there is someone that can edit this and remove the screeching female voices, it would be an awesome re-post to put among motivational speeches.

Only people that have lived his type of life and been where he's been can give this kind of advice. You have to become rich and famous to realize it was never worth it. Strong advice for the generations coming through.

I'm in 2nd of Bachillerato in Spain. When I am tired of studying all the time, all nights and all afternoons I remember this video, this speech and I actually can continue studying. This is why I am where I have to be. Thank you, Chris Ashton.

I think this is a great speech. He took the time to address the youth on a personal level.

That was an amazing speech but those screaming girls pissed me the fuck off

You really have to wonder about the mental stability of the 342 people who gave this video a thumbs down

I appreciate those who care more than they should. Those people are rare. Even when no one seems to be listening, there is always someone who hears the message. :)

when he said the “the sexiest thing in the world is being really smart” all i could hear is kelso saying that and everyone laughing at him

This speech is the best and for all the teen girls screaming, not evening listening to these inspirable words, is the most rudest thing ever. Show some respect. Smh.

i just become his fan.. greatest speech i've ever heard !!

I have never been a fan of Ashton Kutcher and this speech changed my opinion, He is so right about work. A lot of people take the easy way out and that's not the best way, work pays off and teaches you

I feel that Ashton wanted to emulate in a way the steve jobs standford speech, I'm guessing he made a research on him for his role in the Jobs movie so he might have felt inspired by him, and the steve jobs reference at the end just make me belive this even more

The guy was still in Steve Jobs - mode.....

i always liked him as an actor and as a human he is even more likeable he is such a down to earth guy with a healthy attitude

Still one of my ALL time favorite videos!

That's sort of sad that those teen idiots went all like "we love you" and so on. They clearly didn't even care what he said.

I'm straight, yet I'll admit; Ashton's a good-looking guy.

"Dont live your life, build one" That was beautiful.

This video will forever be my favorite thing ever at the TCAs so thank you Ashron Kutcher for this and for inspiring me.

Transcript: What’s up? Oh wow. Okay, okay, let’s be brutally honest -- this is the old guy award. This is like, this is like the grandpa award, and after this I gotta go to, like, the geriatric home. Um, first of all, um, I don’t have a career without you guys. I don’t get to do any of the things I get to do without you. Um, you know, I thought that, uh, -- hi -- I thought that it might be interesting…. You know In Hollywood and in the industry and the stuff we do, there’s a lot of, like, insider secrets to keeping your career going, and a lot of insider secrets to making things tick. And, uh, I feel like a fraud. Uh, my name is actually not even Ashton. Ashton is my middle name. My first name’s Chris. And, and, it always has been. It got changed when I was like 19 and I became an actor, but there are some really amazing things that I learned when I was Chris, and I wanted to share those things with you guys, because I think it’s helped me be here today. So, it’s really 3 things. The first thing is about opportunity. The second thing is about being sexy. And the third thing is about living life. So first, opportunity. I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work. When I was 13 I had my first job with my Dad carrying shingles up to the roof, and then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant, and then I got a job in a grocery store deli, and then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground. And I’ve never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job, and every job I had was a stepping stone to my next job and I never quit my job until I had my next job. And so opportunities look a lot like work. Number two, being sexy. The sexiest thing in the entire world, is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap, I promise you. It’s just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less, so don’t buy it. Be smart, be thoughtful, and be generous. The third thing is something that I just re-learned when I was making this movie about Steve Jobs. And Steve Jobs said when you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way that it is, and that your life is to live your life inside the world and try not to get in too much trouble, and maybe get an education and get a job and make some money and have a family, but life can be a lot broader than that when you realize one simple thing, and that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people that are no smarter than you, and you can build your own things, you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don’t live one, build one. Find your opportunities, and always be sexy. I love you guys.

Hopefully the kids screaming will catch up to the video a few years later and say: Oh that´s what he was talking about...

wow.. no words can describe how this speech made me feel. this is exactly what I needed to hear.

Beautiful inspirational words. This is what we need more of from celebrities! Well done

(Surprisingly) Delightful! An inspiring message from the most unlikely of sources.

The speech was AMAZING , but those teens are just GOSH shut up let him speak GOD !!!!!!

None of the people in the audience actually understands the word sexy, and Ashton Kutcher explained it so well.

His speech is legend

1:28 SHELDON

one thing i want to point out to everyone, especially those people who are commenting on the kids screaming. All of that doesnt matter. if one teenager gets it, if one person in the whole audience got the message, among the shouting and screaming, if it resonated WITH ONE PERSON, and that one person doesnt become discouraged by people like you nay sayers. it was worth all the screaming in the world.

My teacher showed this speech to me when I was in 7th grade and I kind of disregarded it but 2 years later it makes sense to me and I find it inspiring.

Hey Brandon Meyers! Personally this is one of my favorite speeches I think everyone should know about! That being said, there's lots of people that rely on captioning in videos, and these captions just need a little tiny bit revising. Some things like "Grand Ball" instead of grandpa (0:37) and "build 15 your..." when it's really build one, find your... (4:34) Again, such an amazing video, everyone should have access to Ashton's amazing message!

Love the passion. They sound super engaged to me. We can never underestimate teenagers. They are always listening and absorbing the world around them.

I mean yeah, the "WE LOVE YOU"s and "WOOOO"s seem the product of starstruck prepubescent silly putty brains. But let's face it: that's exactly what everyone in that audience expected to do. Nobody knew Kutcher would get up there and deliver a really sober speech. And frankly, by the end of it, most everyone had quieted down and started paying attention--even if they probably still wanted to synchronize yell "TAKE IT OFF!"...they didn't; they listened. I'm impressed by him for damn sure...and I think the audience eventually got it, too.

This has to be by Far one of my favorite speeches! I love this soo muchhh really changed my mentality on things

Appreciate that he is actually giving some good advice when compared to his counterparts. It doesn't matter if you think if he is a good actor or not. It doesn't matter if he strung up some cliches. What matters is that his message came from deep thought and he delivered it at a good time. So appreciate it brother.

The man preached the truth and the whole setting was so unfitting.

my first name is chris... wooooooooooooooooo

speech is phenomenal

He is sending a real message about how to be a genuine person to these young people of whom many seem to superficial to understand that superficial is not genuine.

You, too, can become just like Ashton Kutcher. All you have to do is work hard, be smart, be generous, and be born with the looks to win a modeling competition. Anyone can do it!

The little fangirls in the back ruined the whole thing

Amazing speech! So real.

I found this when i mostly needed it! thank you!!

Damn near 30 years old and just learned a lesson from Ashton (chris) Kutcher. Whom i used to perceive as childish.. Damn you irony for making me realize that Iv'e been such a spoiled brat lately.