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The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speeches

Comedians, Oscar winners and politicians had some pretty strange words of wisdom for this year's graduates.
The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speeches

2015 commencement speeches

Maya Rudolph

"If I could give my 21-year-old self any advice it would be take as many bikini photos as you can now because your body is smokin’ hot. And it will not be this bangin’ after childbirth." Watch the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesMaya Rudolph at Tulane University

Robert De Niro

"Tisch graduates, you made it — and you’re f*****. Think about that. The graduates from the college of nursing, they all have jobs. The graduates from the college of dentistry, fully employed… You’re a dancer, a singer, a choreographer, a musician, a filmmaker, a photographer, a writer, a director, a producer, an actor, an artist. Yeah, you’re f*****."

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesRobert De Niro at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts

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George W. Bush

"To those of you who are graduating this afternoon with high honours, awards and distinctions, I say, 'Well done.' And as I like to tell the C-students: 'You too, can be president.'" Watch the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesGeorge W. Bush at Southern Methodist University

Matthew McConaughey

"Let’s admit it, we all got two wolves in us, a good one and a bad one, you know what I’m talking about  —  and they BOTH wanna eat. We just gotta feed that good wolf a little more than the other one." Read the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesMatthew McConaughey at University of Houston

Meredith Vieira

"Be the left shark. I’m thinking of Katy Perry’s half-time performance. She was on stage dancing with two sharks. The shark on the right knew every dance move and performed perfectly. But it was the left shark, the one who went rogue and danced to his own crazy beat, who stole the show." Watch the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesMeredith Vieira at Boston University

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Stephen Colbert

"Do yourself a favour: Be an easy grader. Score yourself on a curve. Give yourself extra credit. You have the power. You are your own professor now. Which I know is a little creepy because that means you’re showering with your professor. But you have tenure. They can’t fire you." Watch the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesStephen Colbert at Wake Forest University

Ed Helms

"You are millennials, the biggest generation in U.S. history. I thought it was hard for me to find a job, it's going to be like The Hunger Games out there for you guys." Watch the speech.

The weirdest advice from this year's celebrity commencement speechesEd Helms at University of Virgina

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