Angelina Jolie | What We Stand For |

We remember all those who died, to acknowledgeeach valuable life cut short, and the families who share,We are here in memory of Sergio Vieira deMello and the 21 other men and women, most of them UN workers, who died with him in thebombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003.  even...

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Mindy Kaling | Why Not Me |

 Good morning to the Class of 2018, the facility,the parents, the grandparents, fellow honorees, and the paid laughers I have scattered through out the audience. It is an honor to join you this morning for this special occasion. It is also an honor to speak to you today from behind this...

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Conan O'brien || Failure happens ||

 I've been living in Los Angeles for two years,and I've never been this cold in my life. I will pay anyone here $300 for GORE-TEX gloves. Anybody. I'm serious. I have the cash. Before I begin, I must point out that behindme sits a highly admired President of the United States and decorated war hero whileI, a cable television talk show host, has been chosen to stand here and impart wisdom. I pray...

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Will Ferrell || Trust Your Gut ||

 It is such an honor to deliver this year’scommencement address to the University of Southern California’s graduating class of2017. I would like to say thank you, graduates,for that warm welcome. I would also like to apologize to all theparents who are sitting there, saying, ‘Will Ferrell? Why will Ferrell? I hate Will Ferrell. I hate him. I hate his movies. He’s gross. Although he’s much better-looking...

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Ellen Degeneres | Be True To Yourself |

 Thank you, President Cowan, Mrs. PresidentCowen; distinguished guests, undistinguished guests, you know who you are, honored facultyand creepy Spanish teacher.  And thank you to all the graduating classof 2009, I realize most of you are hungover and have splitting headaches and haven’tslept since Fat Tuesday, but you can’t graduate ’til I finish, so listen up. When I was asked to make...

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Peter Dinklage | Are You Afraid of Change? |

 Don’t be frightened! When a Bennington student, 10 minutes beforeyou come up to the podium hands you a mace, that he made, If you don’t bring it to the podium withyou, you will never be Bennington. So I would like to thank you Ben for helpingme put the fear of God in the audience tonight. But I have to put it down because I’m anactor, and I am really weak. That was heavy! It wasn’t like a prop....

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