Tom Shadyac Quotes

That's one of the problems with this country: they put you in a box. You're a Republican, you're a Democrat, you're conservative, you're liberal. And that's really unfair.

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

I just am a Democrat. I could never, never be a Republican.

I was never a Democrat but there are some Republicans who think I ought to be.

I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican.

I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.

After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, 'You've got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people.' I was like, 'Why?' He was like, 'Because you're a Republican.' I was like, 'I'm sorry who's stereotyping who?'

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.

I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.

It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats.

In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.

Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.

We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames.

Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.

I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is if you have 10 views that land you on the left side of the aisle and two views that land you on the right side of the aisle, then people just put you on the right side of the aisle. I'm not sure why.

Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.

I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?

Politics is a highly tribal business.

You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.

On my conservative days I’m a Democrat.

Logic, fact, morality, legality, ideology: All of it is irrelevant in understanding the Party of Trump. Republicans have made crystal clear that nothing matters to them other than partisanship.

I've always been a Democrat; it runs in my family.

My parents were Democrats, and I was a Democrat. And John Wayne was a Republican.