Tom Green Quotes

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

In my twenties, I definitely had a sense of wanting to create stability for myself.

I knew that modeling could open doors, and I would be able to travel and forge my own path. Being able to support yourself is amazing, and I think that was one of the things that appealed to me, but I didn't want to be in front of the camera at first.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.

My mom lived with me until I started making enough money to support myself. I was asking her to leave the entire time. I'd been ready to move out since I was, like, 14.

I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

Believe me, it's not easy being an actress and a producer, especially with no big daddy to support you.

I don't want to just be fully rapping my whole life.

I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

I was 37 years old. I wanted to support myself by writing.

It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

An actor equals, sometimes, an entitled baby. People take care of things for me, and they pay greater attention to things than I was ever capable of doing. But in the last few years, I have learned a great deal more about taking care of things. I pay my own bills now.

My 20s were gone, my 30s were recovery, my 40s is where I am self-sufficient.

I went from broke and homeless sleeping on couches. Couldn't even figure out what I was doing in Los Angeles. Now, I'm paying my own bills. I'm about to move my mama in with me at 19. I'm on tour now, and this is all off of one mixtape.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

Part of the American dream is 'I can own my own business, I can control my destiny. I can have the opportunity to work for myself.'