Billy Eichner - Northwestern University 2024 SoC Convocation Speech
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- This is part of the speech I gave at the graduation at Northwestern University a few weeks ago. I was really fortunate to study theater at Northwestern and being asked to give the speech was a huge honor and very meaningful to me. (The “Shanley” referenced in the speech is a small black box-style theater there where the students put on shows). This is not something I ever planned on posting publicly - it was written very specifically for the graduates of the School of Communication there, where I graduated 25 years ago - and where many of the students are seeking out careers in the arts and the media. And this video is an eternity by social media standards so I don’t really expect a lot of people to watch it. But the people who’ve seen it or found it online seem to be getting something good out of it so, for what it’s worth, I thought I’d post it here too, for anyone who might find it helpful. This is for all the recent graduates out there, at Northwestern and everywhere else (and maybe also for those of us middle aged folks trying to figure out our next chapter too). Huge congrats to all the graduates and thanks again to my friends at Northwestern for having me. 💜
I’m glad this is not a dead channel, thx 4 uploading & not forgetting about us Billy 👍😁
He's inspiring college youth...
Billy on the speech!
Excellent speech, Billy! Very inspiring! I would choose you for Showcase any day of the week. 🎭
Billy has quite some range! Come for the "let's go, lesbians!!" hijinks, stay for this inspiring, rousing speech 🎓👏🎓👏🎓
This was one of the best commencement speeches I’ve seen! Thanks for sharing your story and all the doubts/insecurities you’ve had along the way
Very inspiring Billy! Success doesn't always happen overnight. Don't ever give up!
Billy you're the best! I just saw Bros which was great, and later you were in my dreams later, being hilarious. I'm a straight dude by the way.
great speech man, looking forward to seeing what you do next !
Well said. Hanging in there and being persistent.
so this is where you been...
wow he's 45 ✨
You're such a strong human being. ❤
Excellent advice. I know how you’ve felt those times! Also, Bros was great, I came out of covid seclusion back to the theater for the first time for Bros, and I loved every minute.
I'm glad you posted your speech for others to hear. I was in the stadium when you gave it, my niece was a graduate, and as an older actor in Chicago you gave fantastic advice that even performing artists my age can benefit from. Thank you, Billy!
I love Billy!
Love your Billy On The Street Channel those videos are so hilarious & got me through covid times & other dark days ❤
My favourite gay person in the world ❤
congrats William !! you're awesome. congrats to your Parents. Maybe take your parents to the Races on the weekend !
This was really inspiring 💜
And you’re so right about how the traditional route is not for everyone, ESPECIALLY in the entertainment industry.
It cannot be overemphasized how important it is to take control of your own destiny, putting in the work yourself, bc in youth it’s so hard to conceptualize how things will come together for you in the future, but the unfortunate thing is that things don’t simply come together for 95% of people, you have to physically put them together yourself!
There’s no ~magic agent~ that puts in the work for you, preparing a straight-forward series of steps to living your dream life. You have to figure out the steps, you have to do the steps, and sometimes you don’t put in the right steps, and sometimes the steps are right but it’s not the right time.
It’s frustrating, it’s SO frustrating to not just achieve the first step and then cruise while the path builds itself before you. But you gotta do it or else you get nowhere. While it sucks that you have to put the steps together yourself, they DO all come together. You WILL turn out okay :)
The best time to start was yesterday, but the second best time is now!!!
I found Billy on The Street in 06-07 when I was on college, on the early days of UA-cam, and immediately thought it was the funniest man on the street segment ever. He came up with a shtick, perfected it, and ran with it. Kudos.
Billy💕💕💕
National treasure: Billy Eichner 💅🏽🙌🏽 👑
This was fantastic
Excellent speech! Go Cats! CAS '74
I think Billy kinda manifested being in The Lion King. In Billy On the Street he was playing a game & told the contestant they were like the wildebeest & that other thing. Sorry trauma don't remember names only Scar... Omg why him deep down am I Scar 😳
Great speech 👏
Bring back billy on the street as a game show with real prizes and billy gets a real paycheck for it one that makes him
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Billy 👏👏👏
That would be a graduation to be proud of great job billy😂
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so damn ass encouraging
I had to unsubscribe. This is not what I subscribed for initially.
Just keep watching and commenting, it helps him all the same!