TOM GREEN

It's so nice to be able to get up on stage and just say the most disgusting, ridiculous, outrageous, offensive thing, knowing it's just between you and the audience.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

If I ever interview somebody, I make sure I listen to them. As a comedian, I've gone on so many shows, I've wanted to take things to a crazy place. Sometimes the hosts don't like that.

I recommend people don't get in high-profile marriages. There are a lot of people in the world. You don't have to marry someone with their own team of publicists, managers, agents, and lawyers.

I've always liked outrageous comedy and pushing the envelope.

When you get older, you look at who has power differently. When you're 21 years old, and you do something ridiculous at the National Art Gallery and get kicked out by the security guard, in your mind, you're speaking truth to power.

I'm a different guy on stage.

The truth of the matter is, I worry about nearly every bit I've ever done. I'm very critical of myself.

I tend to sit around with my friends a lot and rant and rave about things I think are ridiculous in the world, and I tend to make fun of myself a lot.

When I was younger, I was emulating David Letterman. David Letterman would yell out of his office window with a megaphone, and the next thing I'm doing is standing on the roof of a parking garage with a megaphone.

It was just a very short period of time that I had a brief marriage.

I want people to know that I'm not just this crazy person flailing around. A lot of thought goes into what I do.

When I started doing stand-up again, a lot of it was coming from an angrier place, and I quickly learned that doesn't spell a good time in a comedy club.

All comedy is really talking about social issues and things that are affecting our lives.

I've always really enjoyed sounds and alliteration and funny words and funny melodies.

I've always found success in sort of separating myself from the pack mentality things.

I don't really consider myself an actor, and I don't know if I'm a comedian.

When you work in television, working for a big corporation, no matter who you are, you can always get cancelled. That sucks. Do you really want to work with an axe over your head for the rest of your life? Not me, not really, and not if you don't have to.

Whenever you go on TV, there are so many checks and balances; it's a big business with a lot of rules. Stand-up is intimate and the freest, most lawless place I've ever been able to go.

Drew is a wonderful woman. I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out. I wish her much happiness.

You might remember me from Eminem's rap lyrics.

I like keeping people guessing. I like to have fun with them wondering if I'm sane or not.

The easiest way to win the competition for eyeballs in the digital age is to broadcast bad behavior. People like watching train wrecks.

When I started my show, it was a public access show in Canada, and I was a broadcasting student in the early '90s, years before I was on MTV. We were kids sort of experimenting and trying to take on the system - you know, the media machine.

I essentially have always directed everything on my TV show without using that title; I edited and wrote all my stuff.