로버트 드 니로의 2015 NYU TISCH(뉴욕대 예술대학) 졸업 축사

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tisch graduates, you made it!

and you’re fucked

think about that.

the graduates from the college of nursing. they all have jobs.

the graduates from the college of dentistry. fullyemployed.

the leonard m stern school of business graduates. they’re covered

the proud of graduates of the ny school of law. they’re covered and if they’re not.

who cares? they’re lawyers.

but you didn’t have that choice. did you?

you discovered a talent. developed an ambition and recognized your passion.

when you can feel that you can’t fight it. you just go with it.

when it comes to the arts. passion should always trump common sense,

you aren’t just following dreams. you’re reaching for your destiny.

you’re a dancer, a singer, a choreographer, a musician, a film maker, a writer, a photographer, a director, a producer, an actor, an artist.

yeah. you’re fucked!

well it’s a start.

on this day of triumphantly graduating a new door is opening for you.

a door to a lifetime of rejection.

it’s inevitable.

it’s what graduates call the ‘the real world’

you’ll experience it auditioning for a part or a place in a company.

it’ll happen to you when you’re looking for backers for a project.

you’ll feel it when door close on you. when you’re trying to get attention for something you have written. and when you’re looking for a directing or choreographing job.

how do you cope with it?

I hear that valium and vicodin work!

nyah, I don’t know.

you can’t be too relaxed when you do what we do.

and you don’t wanna block the pain too much.

without the pain. what would we talk about.

though I.. I would make an exception to having a couple of drinks.

if hypothetically. you had to speak to a couple of thousand graduates and their families at a commencement ceremony. (2:21)

rejection might sting.

but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.

when you’re auditioning or pitching the director or producer or investor might just have something or someone different in mind.

that’s just how it is.

you’ll get a lot of direction in your careers. some from directors, ome from studio heads, some form money people, some from writers, although usually they’ll try to keep the writer at a distance.

listen to all of it. and listen to yourself.

i’m mostly going to talk about these ideas in movie actor terms.

but this applies to all of you.

you’ll find comparable situations in all the disciplines.

the way the director gets to be right is that you help him or her be right.

a director, producer, choreographer or company artistic director these are powerful positions.

but the power doesn't come from the title.

the power come from trust, respect, vision, work and again collaboration.

you’ll probably be harder on yourself than any director.

i’m not going to tlell you to go easy on yourselves.

I assume you didn’t pick this life because you thought it would be easy.

you may have to answer to a director for a job but you also have to answer to yourself.

this could create conflicts for you.

did you get straight As at school?

if so, good for you, congratulations, but in the real world you’ll never get straight As again.

there are ups and there are downs

and what I want to say to you today is that it’s okay.

instead of rocking caps and gowns today I can see you all of you graduating today in custom TSOA T-shirts.

on back is printed, ‘Rejection – it isn’t personal’

and on the front – your motto, your mantra, your battle cry, ‘NEXT’.

you didn’t get that part. that’ my point, ‘next’

you’ll get the next one, or the next one after that.

you’re here to pause and celebrate your accomplishments so far as you move on to a rich and challenging future.

and me. i’m here to hand out my picture and resume to the directing and producing graduates.

i’m excited and honored to be in a room of young creatives who make me hopeful about the future of the performing and media arts and I know you going to make it. all of you, break a lag!

‘NEXT!’

THANK YOU