Will Ferrell has serenaded a crowd of university students, capping off a 25-minute speech with a rendition of hit ballad 'I Will Always Love You'.
The comedian-actor was chosen to deliver the 2017 commencement speech at the University of Southern California, which he acknowledged might have seemed like a strange choice to some audience members.
"I would like to apologise to all the parents who are sitting there saying, 'Will Ferrell? Why Will Ferrell? I hate Will Ferrell! I hate his movies!'"
But he went on to deliver a speech that hit all the right chords, offering up some poignant advice about the meaning of success.
"Don't get me wrong - I love what I do and I feel so fortunate to get to entertain people. But to me, my definition of success if my 16-and-a-half year marriage to my beautiful and talented wife, Vivica. Success are my three amazing sons. Success to me is my involvement in the charity, Cancer For College. No matter how clichéd it may sound, you may never truly be successful until you learn to give beyond yourself.
"For many of you who don't have it all figured out, it's okay, that's the same chair that I sat in. Enjoy the process of your search without succumbing to the pressure of the result. Trust your gut, keeping throwing darts at the dart board, don't listen to the critics and you will figure it out."
Ferrell himself previously attended the university, and moments before he took the stage, was awarded an honorary doctorate.
"I've already instructed my wife and my children from this point they have to address me as Dr Ferrell, no exceptions," he said.
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