Tom Shadyac
Tom Shadyac
Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyacis an American comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, author and occasional film actor. Shadyac, who was the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. In 2010, Shadyac departed from past comedic work to write, direct and narrate the documentary I Am, in which he explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following a bicycle accident in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 December 1958
CityFalls Church, VA
CountryUnited States of America
When you do something in a nonviolent way, people will die and there will be casualties. But you're taking a different point of view that has a power.
Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.
The way I think we were living is an invention. The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.
I don't consider anything I'm doing as generous. In the new model of the world, I hope people will consider whatever I'm doing as just normal.
I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.
I don't have any interest in changing a system, because the system will simply get bucked back by people who haven't changed.
I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world.
I believe our emotional tension can manifest itself physically.
Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.
You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.
As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.
If I end up homeless and penniless because of a shift in my behavior about sharing what's come to me, bring it on.
I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal.
Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.