Tom Green Quotes

Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

If I give up my career as a skater simply because I fear I won't show my best performance, I would be really sorry later in life.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by, and then, if I am having a good time, chances are that people will like watching you.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.'

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.