Tommy Wiseau The Room Quotes & Sayings

Nothing hurts if you don't let it. — Paula McLain

I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude. — Brigham Young

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 — Tommy Wiseau

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

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

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

There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest. — Jean De La Bruyere

Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff. — Cory Doctorow

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

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

I wanted to create a film that hadn't been created yet. I studied film for many years. The Room is almost 20 years of my work. You see, I understand young people unlike the media. I don't expect people to love The Room 100% but I respect that people enjoy it and that maybe it opens certain doors for them. That's what makes me happy. — Tommy Wiseau

You love somebody. Do you? What is love? You think you have everything, but you don't have anything. You have to have hope and spirit. Be an optimist. But can you handle all your human behavior or other's behavior? You don't want to be good, but great. - Director's Note, The Room (2001), by Tommy P. Wiseau — Greg Sestero

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

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.' — Tommy Wiseau

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

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. — Tommy Wiseau

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world. — Michael Mandelbaum

Mind is greedy. When you sense the benefits with people who previously thought rubbish about you, the mind forgoes those thoughts and inclines toward those people only to gain optimal benefits. — Ashish Patel

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

You cannot possibly remember anything you do not observe; and it is extremely difficult to observe or remember anything that you do not want to remember, or that you are not interested in remembering. — Harry Lorayne

The truth is we don't know the truth. We just live and learn how to tell the truth because we were born liars. — Auliq Ice

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

Wherever Germany extends her sway, she ruins culture. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many. — John C. Maxwell

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. — Tommy Wiseau

You may be good looking/
But you're not a piece of art. — Marina And The Diamonds

Lifetime is television for women. Yet for some reason, there's always a woman getting beaten on that channel. "In a Lifetime original, Meredith Baxter-Berney gets beaten with a rod. In a Lifetime original, Rod." — Jim Gaffigan

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