I'm no more a lawbreaker than they are , and if they were lawbreakers for keeping God's commandments, they're my example. Tom Green More Quotes by Tom Green More Quotes From Tom Green With the long-format interview, I can get into really interesting conversations with my guests. You know what it's like to get the opportunity to speak to really interesting people and pick their brain about things. To have time to let a guest actually speak and tell a story and get into detail is really exciting. Tom Green you opportunity time people I'm talking about some real subjects and issues in my standup. I'm attempting to make a point about technology and how it's changing our society and our lives, and our addiction to social media, and how it affects marriages and relationships. Tom Green social-media media society technology Social media is making us more anti-social. Tom Green us more social-media media For about three or four years, I was in a lot more physical pain and stress than anybody knew. When I would meet people, I was kind of standoffish. That was because I was in a bit of a funk. Tom Green meet stress pain people The easiest way to win the competition for eyeballs in the digital age is to broadcast bad behavior. People like watching train wrecks. Tom Green win competition age people I don't watch a whole lot of television, to be honest, but I do miss music videos. Tom Green miss videos music television I lived in my parents' basement until the age of 25 while I was trying to get my TV show off the ground. Tom Green show-off parents age trying I have a different perspective on the world than the way I looked at the world when I was 20. I was kind of naive. I'm a cancer survivor, been working in this industry for a time, and older with more opinions, more experience. Tom Green perspective experience time world All comedy is really talking about social issues and things that are affecting our lives. Tom Green social-issues things comedy talking There is something romantic about the world being a diverse place, where every place has a Starbucks and Denny's. Tom Green something place romantic world I want people to know that I'm not just this crazy person flailing around. A lot of thought goes into what I do. Tom Green thought know crazy people It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy. Man-on-the-street-reaction comedy. Visually surreal comedy. But you do something shocking, and that becomes your label. Tom Green me you comedy people As comedians, we all get into that mode of thinking of the worst thing imaginable - but you usually have the ability to pull back before releasing it to the world. Tom Green back you world thinking When I'm 65 and still performing every week, I'd like people to say, 'You know, when that guy was a kid, he made these weird, crazy videos?' And they'll have to go look for them - rather than it being the first thing they know about me. Tom Green me you crazy people I'll be straight with you. It's not easy to sell tickets in Vegas. I'm up against Celine Dion and Britney Spears. Tom Green straight you vegas easy When I was a television broadcasting student in 1993 up in Ottawa, Canada, and my friends and I started making a show, I consciously set out to apply comedy to technology. I started tomgreen.com back in 1994, and we weren't able to put video on there yet, but we were aware that that was coming. Tom Green friends comedy technology television I do sometimes find it interesting when I look at a lot of the pranks that are out there, and I see kids doing the exact things that I did in the '90s. Like, I would go out on the street on crutches and fall down, and people would help me. Or I would paint my parents' house plaid; I've seen that replicated. Tom Green parents look me people When I was younger, I was emulating David Letterman. David Letterman would yell out of his office window with a megaphone, and the next thing I'm doing is standing on the roof of a parking garage with a megaphone. Tom Green doing standing office window Not many people get that chance to have multiple studios wanting you to make a movie with them. Tom Green get you chance people
