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De Niro tells NY arts graduates 'You have to keep working'

Actor Robert De Niro addresses the class of 2015, faculty, and guests during New York University's Tisch School of the Arts commencement ceremony, Friday, May 22, 2015, in New York. De Niro, who quit high school to pursue an acting career, was the honored speaker at the raucous ceremony for 1,200 graduates at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. - photo by Associated Press

wCommencement Robert D Heal — Actor Robert De Niro addresses the class of 2015, faculty, and guests during New York University's Tisch School of the Arts commencement ceremony, Friday, May 22, 2015, in New York. De Niro, who quit high school to pursue an acting career, was the honored speaker at the raucous ceremony for 1,200 graduates at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. - photo by Associated Press

NEW YORK — Robert De Niro urged new graduates at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts on Friday to keep fighting to create careers in the arts even though it probably would have been easier if they had picked something more practical. "The graduates in accounting? They all have jobs.

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