Celebrity speakers Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton, Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling and Robert De Niro were among those with memorable commencement moments.
has arrived, and for those closing one major chapter of their lives and being jolted into the next with a bombardment of messages – inspiring, eye-opening and even brutally honest – some stand out more than others.
The"Batman" and"Beetlejuice" legend brought one of his famed personas back to life during a commencement address at Ohio's Kent State University in 2018, where he originally majored in journalism and speech, but never graduated. Cheers roared from the crowd as Bullock took the stage to nearly everyone's surprise. At the podium, she spoke of effort, taking the extra step and worrying less about what could go wrong.
"When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. You aren’t just following dreams, you’re reaching for your destiny. "I'll tell you my secret, the one thing that has kept me going through the years, my superpower: delusion," she said. Taking a dig at then-President Trump, she pointed out that unfathomable power comes from believing in yourself, even if the source of that power is unfounded in anything else.
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