May 29--Robert De Niro made headlines earlier this month for yet another notable performance in the Oscar winner's long career.
But it wasn't on the silver screen. De Niro was standing behind the lectern at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' commencement ceremony, where he congratulated the graduates and told them "You're f---."
De Niro was among the many marquee names from the political, entertainment and business worlds -- most of whom donned academic robes -- who have offered laughs and life lessons to college graduates around the country this spring as they moved on to the real world.
Click through the gallery on the left for some of their words of wisdom.
