Tim Allen
Tim Allen
Timothy Allen Dick, known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 June 1953
CityDenver, CO
CountryUnited States of America
kids ego busy
The ego is like a kid in the basement: It's best to keep him busy.
children want adults
I'm sad for adults who want to be children. And children who want to be adults.
moving men promise
To get a man's attention, just stand in front of the TV and don't move. He'll talk to you. I promise.
hands nuts trying
Use a screwdriver instead of a hammer. Try to untighten the nut with your hand. Utilize the path of least resistance first.
running reality jail
When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away. I was there buck naked, humiliated, sitting in my own crap and urine - this is a metaphor. My ego had run off. Your ego is the biggest coward.
quality want sound
I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.
listening stories
Be wary of listening to stories secondhand.
views chinese point-of-view
As the Chinese will tell you, history depends on your point of view.
men car inhuman
But separate a man from his car - that's inhuman.
running hurt want-something
I had a very easy time loving an audience. But when it's one-on-one with somebody, all I wanted to do was run away, because maybe they're going to want something from me I can't give, or they're going to hurt me.
drug trying safe
Speeding is like drugs. It makes everything come at you fast, and when you go back to normal driving, safe driving, prudent driving, it seems boring. That's the danger of drugs. At first it's intoxicating, but then the rest of your life you're trying to find that very first time. It never is the same.
successful phones oysters
The world is your oyster when you are successful. That was when I was getting scripts. I was planning for this. I like this business. Parts of it I love, and I didn't want it to just end. The further you get away from your success, the less your phone rings. The next thing you know, it's 20 years later and you're in a mall going, "Remember when Al and I used to do something like this...
hard-work thinking rehearsal
I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It's more of a ... it's not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.
mistake mean wish
If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you've made, let's be fair, that means you've got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you've done. It's okay to say, "God, I wish I'd done this; yeah, but I did do that." Then it kind of balances out.