Top 40 Tommy Wiseau Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “If a lot of people love each other, the world would be a better place to live.”

— Tommy Wiseau

2. “You can laugh, you can cry, you can express yourself, but please don’t hurt each other!”

— Tommy Wiseau

3. “I’m not a god, I’m just a simple guy.”

— Tommy Wiseau

4. “In America we have across the country, the entire world.”

— Tommy Wiseau

5. “Express yourself, don’t hurt yourself.”

— Tommy Wiseau

6. “When people sometimes misquote me, I don’t know if they understand what I’m saying.”

— Tommy Wiseau

7. “You cannot have the drama without comedy.”

— Tommy Wiseau

8. “I always wanted to work with a TV. So I’m open.”

— Tommy Wiseau

9. “I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I’m very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.”

— Tommy Wiseau

10. “I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage.”

— Tommy Wiseau

11. “My background are acting, film production, directing, and I studied them for many years. Keep in mind that you need many other skills when you are starting any film project related to real life.”

— Tommy Wiseau

12. “I am just a simple guy and I like when people enjoy themselves. I always say: you can laugh, you can cry, you can express yourself but please don’t hurt each other. I really don’t know, to be honest with you. I’m very impressed with everything that has happened.”

— Tommy Wiseau

13. “I think The Room is something magnetic, a certain magnetism in The Room that is related to human behavior, and that’s why people relate to it.”

— Tommy Wiseau

14. “We have many Lisas, Marks, Dennys, Johnnys, and other characters from ‘The Room’ in America and in the entire world.”

— Tommy Wiseau

15. “You know the difference between guys and girls? Usually girls say it’s no different whatsoever. But you see, a lot of girls they don’t understand that they are better than us guys. If you think about it, they are much more manipulative.”

— Tommy Wiseau

16. “I am pro-expression. I am pro – you know, as long as you don’t hurt anyone.”

— Tommy Wiseau

17. “I believe for freedom. I believe that people should express themselves the way they want, except as it does in the way that’s not nice, but it is what it is.”

— Tommy Wiseau

18. “The emotion, and the other aspect is that this relate to many different obstacle in life. Emotion, yes, I love emotion, for your information, very much so.”

— Tommy Wiseau

19. “The room is a special place. It’s not “A room” it’s THE room. It’s a place where there is no restriction. If we title it “a room” it can be any room but it’s THE room so it is a special place. We all have this place. It’s like our little corner that you are comfortable with.”

— Tommy Wiseau

20. “The barbecue chicken was delicious rice, that was cool.”

— Tommy Wiseau

21. “As a director, it’s my job to provoke, and when people decided ‘The Room’ be called a phenomenon, or whatever you call it, it’s fine with me.”

— Tommy Wiseau

22. “When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.”

— Tommy Wiseau

23. “Think about who you are. Think about how nice you can be to another person. By the same token then, to have your own opinion about life, you as an individual, with respect. But I think that’s what the key to success is.”

— Tommy Wiseau

24. “I hate firing people, we had to go through four crews, people are disrespectful but people do appreciate The Room and I love them all. That’s why I am coming to Canada! I want to meet all my Canadian fans!”

— Tommy Wiseau

25. “I love San Francisco, and it offers spectacular scenery of the city, and it adds to the uplifting quality of the movie.”

— Tommy Wiseau

26. “People bring flowers and that’s pretty memorable. I actually got a rose from one girl. She was so beautiful! I love all the screenings to be honest with you. I don’t think I have gone to one single bad screening! Even if negative things happen, I turn it into positive reaction.”

— Tommy Wiseau

27. “One person actually asked me to marry them! Overall all they have a great respect for me and they know who I am and I am very open about it. In Los Angeles, we actually had two screenings because so many people showed up!”

— Tommy Wiseau

28. “I am actually working on The Neighbors sitcom. We are starting from scratch. I am also working on a comedy movie and a vampire movie. I also have the pilot for The Tommy Wiseau Show and of course The House That Drips Blood On Alex, which we are hoping to make a sequel.”

— Tommy Wiseau

29. “All topics, issues, and subjects in ‘The Room’ add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.”

— Tommy Wiseau

30. “I personally think that all the scene that you see, love scene, is pretty real, almost 100 percent.”

— Tommy Wiseau

31. “I usually don’t like to talk about money, but I talk about the movie, and the other aspects of directing, etc.”

— Tommy Wiseau

32. “I don’t like, speaking about the movie, if I may say couple more words, I like a movie that doesn’t drag too much, unless it’s purpose. I like a movie with an action with a certain pace. If it’s too monotone, I hate it. No, I don’t hate it, I just don’t like it, period.”

— Tommy Wiseau

33. “One of the things you have to understand with The Room, I never approached a studio to produce, because I know no one in Hollywood will produce this. I came to Hollywood and I said “I will produce this movie the way I want it.””

— Tommy Wiseau

34. “I’m not here to criticize anyone.”

— Tommy Wiseau

35. “As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can’t be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but the chemistry between the actors is most important. However, you have to go by the script because it’s related to production, otherwise you will not finish your project.”

— Tommy Wiseau

36. “As a director and an actor, it is very difficult to say “this person was better than another person.” I judge by chemistry of the actors but it is difficult being a judge. I will never bash any of the actors.”

— Tommy Wiseau

37. “I’m satisfied with the way ‘The Room’ turned out, and I don’t want to change anything.”

— Tommy Wiseau

38. “The reason I’m doing a sitcom is because it’s much more approachable.”

— Tommy Wiseau

39. “I’m going to do more movies and travel.”

— Tommy Wiseau

40. “The film is better for me than the sitcom. But the sitcom is like much more practical approach, if I may say that, because of the cost. Everything costs money, a lot of people don’t realize that.”

— Tommy Wiseau

41. “I believe in preparation. As you already know we had to deal with many crews, 2 cameras. Also as I said we had to get many different actors because they tried to tamper with the project. I just liked doing the movie how I envisioned it. I wanted it to be my own.”

— Tommy Wiseau

42. “I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.”

— Tommy Wiseau

43. “I’m not a famous director yet, and I’m not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people consider me is fine with me.”

— Tommy Wiseau

44. “I have been doing this for eight years now so the negative things do not effect me as much as they did at the beginning.”

— Tommy Wiseau

45. “If you are referring to the characters of The Room, each character has a different personality which you can see very clearly on the screen. If you are referring to the actors, they give me different emotions, personality which represents human behavior.”

— Tommy Wiseau

46. “Millions of filmmakers would love to be in my position right now. If you are honest it makes the world a better place. I created the room with my passion and after all these years it finally worked out.”

— Tommy Wiseau

47. “I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing’s good.”

— Tommy Wiseau

48. “As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can’t be plastic.”

— Tommy Wiseau

49. “It’s midnight and you are lost like hell. But that’s okay. Don’t need to have panicky situation. No restrictions. Be yourself.”

— Tommy Wiseau