Robert De Niro Tells NYU Grads At Commencement: ‘You’re F*cked’ (VIDEO)

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Legendary actor Robert De Niro delivered a blunt, vulgar and crowd-pleasing address to the graduates of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts on Friday.

“Tisch graduates, you made it,” De Niro said after taking the stage. “And you’re fucked.”

The room erupted in laughter, though not every school administrator could be seen laughing along in the background.

“Yeah, you’re fucked,” De Niro repeated shortly after. “The good news is, that’s not a bad place to start.”

The veteran leading man told the graduates that as professional actors, “a new door is opening for you — a door to a lifetime of rejection.”

“Did you get straight As in school?” he asked. “If you did, good for you, congratulations. But in the real world, you’ll never get straight As again.”

Watch the speech:

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  1. Since when the fuck is saying “You’re Fucked” considered vulgar. especially when its an absolute truism. Reality bites, that’s all.

  2. This is why I chide my fellow Boomers (who make up the bulk of Baggers)

    Aside for the brave souls who fought in the Vietnam War, most of us had it much better than these kids.

    More student aid
    More job opportunity
    Much less expense in terms of Cost of Living

    My doctorate was paid for…

    B.A. Student scholarship (much easier to get)
    M.A. Grant
    Ph.D. Fellowships and Grants

    all free

    These kids average thousands of dollars in student debt.

    The big Distractor for young people in the United States is Being Young. No other culture attaches so much focus (and distraction) on Being Young. That makes living with Mom and Dad okay. That makes not being able to buy a home okay. That makes $60,000 in student loan debt okay.

    That makes not voting okay, especially when the connection is not made with

    voting----------competent elected officials----------policy-----------quality of life


    For the Life of Me, I sometimes wonder why BaggerBoomers are so angry, seeing as how their lives were so much more benefited by “gubmint” than these poor waifs of today.

    De Niro is on to something.

  3. De Niro is on to something.

    Bitter pills are often hard to swallow when they’re not sugarcoated.

  4. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    wonder why BaggerBoomers are so angry,…Because it was never enough … because they now want more … because there was always somebody else who got a ‘better deal’ that they did not get.

  5. Avatar for bart bart says:

    Definitely true if you are a white male. If you’re a woman or black boomer, you have grounds to disagree. Additional benefits for white male boomers: didn’t have to compete with 50% of the population, everything was cheaper. I could waste all morning on this but I need to go make money for my boomer bosses.

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