Top 75 Quotes & Sayings by Tommy Wiseau

I'm going to do more movies and travel.

When people sometimes misquote me, I don't know if they understand what I'm saying.

I like vampires.

All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.

My take on it, like a filmmaker or actor, is if you have much more colors within your creation, eventually people will appreciate what you're doing, and the other stuff is secondary, like critiques or even awards or anything else, as long as people enjoy it.

My background is in psychology and I'm also a stage actor. That's my background.

I'm not a god, I'm just a simple guy.

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

We have many Lisas, Marks, Dennys, Johnnys, and other characters from 'The Room' in America and in the entire world.

I'm satisfied with the way 'The Room' turned out, and I don't want to change anything.

I always say that you don't have to like 'The Room', but you will discover something - maybe a tiny little thing - and say, 'Wait a minute, maybe I want to see more.'

I inspire myself.

I am pro-freedom.

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.

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.

I want to be always actor.

When I was little kid, I used to want to be a rock star.

I am pro-expression. I am pro - you know, as long as you don't hurt anyone.

'The Room' is relationships. The room is you and me and everyone in America. That's basically what 'The Room' is.

Express yourself, don't hurt yourself.

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

I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

As a filmmaker and an actor, my job is to react towards people, but I want a reaction from them.

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.

I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good.

I'm not here to criticize anyone.

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

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.

For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on napkins and pieces of paper sentences and occurrences. I decided maybe I should write a book because I had been writing so much. I'm actually writing a book based on The Room that will hopefully be published soon.

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.

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.

Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.

If you ask me, you see, I prefer doing film. The reason I'm doing a sitcom is because it's much more approachable.

I'm a director. My job is to think how I want to present it. If I want to say [lines] eight times or 10 times, a hundred, it's my choice. I have a certain vision. If you don't have the vision, you don't have the story, you can't be interviewed.

Let's face it: people don't have respect for other people. That's the story here. When everyone is respected, then we can all live within magic.

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

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.

I really like the Chris-R scene and of course the "you are tearing me apart Lisa" scene. The reason I love the Chris-R scene is because we worked really hard to finish it. It's not just that though, it brings people together. Everyone is one the roof together by the end of the scene. You see the perspectives of the different characters. I feel like with all the connections in this scene that the room connects the entire world

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

In America we have across the country, the entire world.

Some movies work and some don't.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Love is very complex. If a lot of people love each other, the world will be a better place to live. Actually, that's a sentence from my script. Love is also full of electricity - if you do not feel the electricity within your body, then it's not love.

I always wanted to work with a TV. So I'm open.

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.

You know what they say - love is blind.

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.

Everything in The Room, we did it the same way the big studios do it. The only difference is the budget and the actors. We put an ad in Back Stage West and in return we got almost 8,000 headshots from people who wanted to be in the film. We then do a process of selection and a rehearsal process after they are selected. The process of audition is very time consuming.

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.

I'm very strong in who I am, I'm very happy where I am. And wherever, as you know some people go overboard with criticism, but you know what? I would say look in your mirror, and see who you are, and what did you do.

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

The reason I'm doing a sitcom is because it's much more approachable.

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.

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.

We live in America, one of the good things what we have with all the people is we have dialogue.

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