Tommy Wiseau
Tommy Wiseau
Tommy Wiseauis a director, screenwriter, producer, and actor based in the United States. He is best known for The Room, which has been described by many critics as "one of the worst movies ever made" and has gained cult film status. He also directed the 2004 documentary Homeless in America and the 2015 sitcom The Neighbors...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 October 1968
nice believe people
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.
drama comedy
You cannot have the drama without comedy.
differences people actors
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.
criticize
I'm not here to criticize anyone.
actors directors realism
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.
simple guy simple-guy
I'm not a god, I'm just a simple guy.
stars kids littles
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.
etc example citizens
I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.
acting knows
I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good.
want way rooms
I'm satisfied with the way 'The Room' turned out, and I don't want to change anything.
stars book writing
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.
hate appreciate people
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!
media years doors
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.
drama thinking color
I really like the "two is better than three" line. People ask me is this drama or comedy? I just think the more colors you have to a film the better. The more genres, the more people will like it. I like relating to the whole general speaking public. The script itself is 99 pages but the novel it is based on is 600. I had to leave a lot of stuff out of the script. I had a limitation of what I could present on the big screen.