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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, fully employed.
The proud graduates of the NY School of Law, they're covered.
And if they're not, who cares, they're lawyers.
The graduates in accounting, they all have jobs.
Where does that leave you?
Envious of those accountants?
I doubt it.
They had a choice.
Maybe they were passionate about accounting,
but I think it's more likely that they
used reason and logic and common sense
to reach for a career that could give them the expectation
of success and stability.
Reason, logic, common sense at the Tisch School of Arts?
Are you kidding me?
But you didn't have that choice, did you?
You discovered a talent, developed an ambition,
and recognized your passion.
When you 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 filmmaker, 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 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 doors close on you
while you're trying to get attention for something
you've written and when you're looking for a directing
or a choreography job.
Rejection might sting, but my feeling
is that often it has very little to do with you.
When you're auditioning or pitching,
the director or producer or investor
may 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 of it
from directors, some from studio heads, some from money people,
some from writers.
Listen to all of it and listen to yourself.
I'm mostly going to talk about these ideas in movie actor
terms, but I think this applies to all of you.
You'll find comparable situations
in all the disciplines.
A director or producer, choreographer, or company
artistic director, these are powerful positions.
But the power doesn't come from the title.
The power comes from trust, respect, vision, work,
and again, collaboration.
You'll probably be harder on yourself than any director.
I'm not going to tell 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.
There will be times when your best isn't good enough.
There can be many reasons for this,
but as long as you give your best, you'll be OK.
Did you get straight As in 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 OK.
Instead of rocking caps and gowns today,
I can see all of you graduating in custom TSOA t-shirts.
On the 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's 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 pictures and resumes
to the directing and producing graduates.
I'm excited and honored to be in a room full of young creators
who make me hopeful about the future of the performing
and media arts.
I know you're going to make it, all of you.
Break a leg.
Next.
Thank you.
