>> MIKE ROWE PUT OUT A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH.
IN IT ñ
>> FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AT CENK UNIVERSITY.
>> SO HE PUTS OUT THIS COMMENCEMENT VIDEO, A
SPEECH TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT FOLLOW
THEIR PASSION, BUT FOLLOW OPPORTUNITY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> OUR AUDIO CREW DIDN'T FOLLOW THEIR PASSION.
>> LET'S PRETEND TO BE WATCHED TO THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW
WHAT'S IN IT.
THAT IS NOT A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, THAT IS A VIDEO
THAT THEY PUT OUT FOR THIS RIDICULOUS UNIVERSITY.
JIMMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT
UYGUR UNIVERSITY.
LET'S GET TO THE SUBSTANCE OF
THIS SPEECH.
HE IS TOTALLY WRONG.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT, THEN I WILL MAKE MY.
>> THE PART THAT HE IS WRONG ABOUT, IF YOU WANT TO WORK HARD
ENOUGH TO SUCCEED AT ANYTHING THEN YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT.
IF YOU LOVE IT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IN THOSE HOURS TO
SUCCEED.
YOU HAVE TO
ACTUALLY DO IT.
IF YOU DO, YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT SUCCESS.
>> I THINK THAT IN CERTAIN CASES HE HAS A POINT.
BUT HE MADE A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT HE IS APPLYING TO EVERYONE.
THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE YOU MIGHT BE PASSIONATE ABOUT
SOMETHING, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A SKILL NECESSARY TO
SUCCEED IN IT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE IF YOU HAVE THE TALENT FOR
IT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE TALENT.
IS UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL MAKE MONEY FOR IT, SO YOU CAN DO
IT FOR A HOBBY.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR SINGING, BUT YOU HAVE A
TERRIBLE VOICE.
YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A MEGA SUPERSTAR MAKING MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
SAME WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PURSUE ACTING.
EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO LOS ANGELES BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO PURSUE ACTING, BUT THEY DON'T SUCCEED.
THEY MIGHT BE REALLY TALENTED, AND THEY STILL DON'T
SUCCEED BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ACTORS THAT PLAY THAT STAND
IN YOUR WAY.
AND HOLLYWOOD YOU NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS ALL
ABOUT CONNECTIONS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND YOU ARE
NOT SUCCEEDING AND IT FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, DOESN'T
MEAN YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP ON IT.
YOU SHOULD STILL CONTINUE DOING IT, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T THROW
AWAY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE THAT
COULD MAKE YOU MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY.
HE IS NOT COMPLETELY WRONG.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT DANCE.
I GREW UP DOING BALLET, POINT SPECIFICALLY.
I DID IT FOR 17 YEARS.
BUT I WASN'T GOING TO BE A FAMOUS BALLERINA.
COME ON.
>>PASSION
IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN YOU IS WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY.
IT IS TRUE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT EVERYONE THINKS
I AM MIKE ROWE.
PEOPLE STOP ME ALL THE TIME.
IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE ON A FLIGHT.
TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS A MIKE ROWE
ON THE SAME PLANE.
WE ARE TAXING DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THE GUY COMES RUNNING
BACK UP AND SAYS DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
ANYBODY YOU ARE ON THIS FLIGHT.
THEY JUST WOULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS NOT MIKE ROWE.
>> I LOVE THAT WE HAVE MIKE ROWE ON THE PANEL AND HE WON'T
EVEN DEFEND HIS OWN VIDEO.
>> THEY EVEN DRESS ALIKE.
>>AND THE VOICE IS KIND OF DEEP.
I GET IT.
>> I AM STILL GOING TO DISAGREE WITH ANA.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO USE SOME DEGREE OF JUDGMENT.
IF YOU ARE 5'4 ñ AT MOST THERE IS ONE NBA PLAYER THAT IS 5'4.
ACTOR?
YOU ARE
RIGHT HALF OF THEM HAVE CONNECTIONS ALREADY.
IS SUPER HARD TO MAKE IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE SOME ACTORS OUT THERE THAT
YOU WONDER ABOUT.
IT IS MORE EFFORTS GOING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT AUDITIONS.
>> ALL I'M SAYING IS LIVING IN LA YOU COME ACROSS A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT PURSUED ACTING, I RESPECT THEM FOR DOING
THAT, BUT THEY SQUANDERED OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY
DECIDED TO BE AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS.
THEN THEY END UP MUCH OLDER WORKING AS A WAITER OR WAITRESS
AND THEY COULD HAVE KIDS SUCCEEDED IN ANOTHER CAREER.
I KNOW ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ARE GOING TO GET ON ME BECAUSE
OF THIS.
BUT NO, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN B.
THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU ARE AN ARTIST IN GENERAL, AND I
WOULD CONSIDER THEM AN ARTIST, TO BE FAIR TO ALL ARTISTS
IT MUST BE DIFFICULT TO NOT TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE THAT PASSION.
IT IS TOUGH TO MAKE A LIVING AS A MUSICIAN ALSO.
I LIKE TAKING THE SHOTS FOR YOUR PASSION, BUT I THINK IT IS
A FAIR POINT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT CENK SAYS ALSO.
I DID MAKE THE RULES, THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
>> THERE'S A LOT TO WHAT ANA IS SAYING, BUT COMING FROM
SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO DID FOLLOW HIS PASSION AND DID THROW
CAUTION TO THE WIND AND WAS RIDICULED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE
ñ WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE I WAS MOVING TO LA A LOT OF PEOPLE
SHIT ON ME.
>>WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
>>EXACTLY.
IN FUCKING MINNESOTA SUCKING DICK.
>>THAT IS A GREAT STATE TO DO THAT.
>> THEY ARE DOING SHIT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO.
AND I GET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THAT IS WHY IT IS TOUGH FOR ME.
WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A PASSION YOU ARE NOT
GOOD FOR, FIND SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR.
AND BY THE WAY BEING A WAITER OR A WAITRESS I DON'T THINK IS
A TOUGH JOB.
I REMEMBER WORKING WITH THESE GUYS THAT WERE 50
YEARS OLD, HOW THE HELL DO THEY DO IT?
I WAS DEAD.
I'M SURE THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER BE IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
PLACE HAVING FOOD.
THAT IS NOT THAT HORRIBLE OF A JOB.
I THINK MOST JOBS ARE HORRIBLE.
>>I'M NOT SAYING BEING A WAITER OR WAITRESS IS HORRIBLE AT ALL.
MY FIANC…
IS A BARTENDER, I LOVE HIM.
I'M JUST SAYING DON'T SQUANDER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE
YOU THINK THERE IS ONE THING YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT FIND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
INTERESTING AND YOU ENJOY IT.
>> THAT IS THE THING ABOUT LIFE, IT IS SUPER HARD AND IT
DOESN'T COME WITH AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS ROWE TALKED ABOUT, HE TALKED ABOUT A
MULTIMILLIONAIRE SEPTIC TANK CLEANER.
I LOVE THAT KIND OF TALK BECAUSE HE FOUND HIS OWN WAY.
ANA, SOMETIMES YOU ARE RIGHT, BUT IT IS HARD TO TELL WHEN.
WE ALL FOLLOWED OUR PASSIONS TO WORK.
IT'S HARD FOR US TO TELL SOMEONE ELSE NOT TO FOLLOW THEIR
PASSION.
BY THE WAY, I USED TO BE A LAWYER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
THE WORST.
I REMEMBER THINKING I WOULD RATHER SHOVEL SHIT FOR A
LIVING THEN DO THIS BECAUSE AT LEAST IT IS AN HONEST DAYS WORK.
I LEFT BEFORE THE MONEY SET IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THE SAME THING TO ME.
I STRUGGLED FOR 15
LONG YEARS MAKING TERRIBLE PAY, BUT I BELIEVED.
BUT IT WASN'T JUST BELIEVING.
THAT IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON.
WHETHER YOU DO WHAT ANA SAYS, OR WHAT I SAY, WHAT IS
ESSENTIAL IS THE HARD WORK THAT COMES WITH IT.
I SENT MY RADIO TAPE TO 400
STATIONS AND GOT TWO PART-TIME JOBS OUT OF IT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT ALL THE WAY.
>>HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE.
ME DOING STANDUP COMEDY, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THEY
PAID ME, I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
I WOULD PAY THEM TO DO COMEDY.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO HAVE PASSIONS, EVEN IF THEY
DON'T MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT, I DON'T THINK THEY CARE THAT
MUCH BECAUSE THEY GET TO DO WHAT THEY WANT EVERY DAY.
TO ME THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
I WAS MAKING 500 BUCKS A WEEK AS AN OPENING ACT AS A
COMEDIAN, I THOUGHT I HAD IT MADE.
I REALLY DID, I WAS SUPER HAPPY AND GOT TO DO MY SHOW EVERY
NIGHT.
I STILL GOT TO PAY MY BILLS.
IT WAS THE GREATEST.
I DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT.
>> I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT YOGA,
IF I HAD TIME I WOULD BE A
CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOR.
>> THAT WAS HIM ASSESSING THE MARKET AND
SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN DO WELL AT.
I'M JUST SAYING, THE TWO CAN OFTEN COEXIST.
OFTENTIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY AT THE PASSION.
>> IT'S AMAZING THAT HE IS STILL PRETENDING NOT TO BE MIKE ROWE.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
NO ONE WILL PAY ME TO WATCH PORN.
>>I WILL LEAVE IT ON THE JIMMY DOOR RULE.
THE MINUTE I WALKED OUT OF THE STUDIO THE FIRST TALKSHOW I
EVER DID, I THOUGHT I AM DOING THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
THE RULE IS THAT I WOULD PAY TO DO THAT.
IF THE RULE IS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET FAMOUS OR RICH, BUT
YOU DON'T LOVE THE CRAFT, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK
WHAT YOU THINK YOUR PASSION IS.
BUT IF YOU DO IT FOR FREE ANYWAY, AND YOU ARE WILLING
TO DO THAT 12 HOURS A DAY EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET PAID, THEN
I WOULD SAY FOLLOW YOUR PASSION.
BUT IF YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOU WORK YOUR ASS OFF.