Tom Green Quotes

I'm 21 years old and I think that I've got a lot of perspective in life.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as sharp as I was when I was younger, but I'm definitely wiser and less likely to make gigantic blunders of an intellectual, spiritual, emotional or physical type.

Some age, others mature.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age.

As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older.

As you age, you have this vast cauldron of experience to draw from. Some of the experiences are great; some of them you wish you'd never had. But all of them shape the work that you do and the person you become. It's just inevitable.

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

I've always thrown myself into different kinds of experiences, sometimes into really bad things. But, you grow up. You become more of a woman and you know yourself. I think knowing yourself is a wonderful thing especially when you're in your 40s and you're kind of in your skin. Life is not so confusing anymore.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!