that we have to introduce here today for
the first time at the Benjamin school
star of stage and screen I can’t believe
she’s here ladies and gentlemen Michelle
Pfeiffer I know I know you thought you
were about to hear Michelle Pfeiffer the
actress but I’m sorry to disappoint you
you’re not every time people hear my
name they’re expecting this and this is
basically how my life is because when
people hear my name michelle pfeiffer
they always go oh my gosh like the
actress and that can get really annoying
one time it really affected me was when
I was six years old and I was in Austria
getting a plane of Spain and I went to
the booking agents register and they
said to me oh you’re the Michelle
Pfeiffer we were expecting the Michelle
Pfeiffer and I thought to myself what do
you mean I am the Michelle Pfeiffer the
other Michelle Pfeiffer as i like to
call her was born april 29th 1958 in
santa ana california and i was born jun
27 2003 in salzburg austria she’s a
beautiful woman stars of many shows like
witches of eastwick what lies beneath
and her most famous movie Batman and I’m
just a middle school in South Florida
who’s trying to get good grades and get
her homework done I’m not sure what my
parents were thinking when they need me
Michelle Pfeiffer they said that the
reason at what the first time they
realized it was when they were in
Austria and um a woman said and they
were at a party and a woman said to them
all would a cute idea naming your
daughter after a famous actress and they
were kind of like what and then they
realized it so my parents weren’t trying
to name me after a famous actress it
kind of just happened anyway if you
didn’t realize that my name is Michelle
Pfeiffer and i’m here to talk to you
about the power of names how they affect
your identity and what it’s like to
travel through life with a name that’s
already spoken for if you think that I’m
exaggerating about the fact of my name
then think about this number one every
time I try to Google myself there’s like
15 million hits on a famous actress
number to my last name is with one f and
her last name is with 2 f’s so when I
write my name on google
or on a Google document it says that
it’s wrong and third of all everyone
asks how did you get that name and that
can get so annoying one of the many good
things about being named Michelle
Pfeiffer is being in two of the top pop
songs Riptide and uptown funk and here’s
an example this is that ice cold
michelle pfeiffer that white gold this
is for him heard girls them good girls
straight masterpieces while in Starling
Litvin what thinks I’ve never heard that
one before sorry the only person who the
only person who can really relate with
me is the other Beyonce this is a high
schooler in New York who hates her name
she told everyone that the first day of
school she was so scared when the
teachers started calling the tendons
because every time people hear her name
they start singing single ladies we’re
not the only people with famous actors
names here’s the other Justin Bieber the
other Brad Pitt the other bill gates the
other God believe it or not and two
other Donald Trump’s this one is a
musician and this one is uh non colleges
which is a cancer doctor and he says
that eighty percent of the time people
laugh disbelieve and say come on tell me
what your real name is dr. Trump tried
writing a letter to president Trump
asking if they had anything in common
since they shared the same name but
president Trump didn’t answer after that
dr. Trump asked president Trump to
participate in a fundraiser where people
had to shave off their heads obviously
president Trump did not shave off his
beautiful hair but he did donate to the
cause which is a good thing our research
study at New York University shows that
people with easier to pronounce names or
famous names get better jobs because
when we can process a piece of
information more easily we tend to like
it more so this is my mom and when I
told her that I was going to do my TEDx
talk on my name being Michelle Pfeiffer
she told me she was sorry if she put a
burden on me by naming me after famous
actors I told her not to worry because
this was actually a gift and it helped
me become a more strong and more
confident person and it helped me find
my own identity and my own voice so
don’t worry mom no way I’m the
Michelle the other Michelle Pfeiffer I
am the michelle pfeiffer thank you [Applause]