102 Quotes by Tom Shadyac

I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows there's a creator who's behind these amazing laws, these amazing events. The symmetry of nature, the structure and order of it.

When you do something in a nonviolent way, people will die and there will be casualties. But you're taking a different point of view that has a power.

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

I believe our emotional tension can manifest itself physically.

There is no 'I.' That's an illusion we've got to get beyond.

To me, 'Ace Ventura' is as scriptural and sacred as any movie I've ever done because it's childlike.

Someone asked me the other day, 'What's the biggest influence on your filmmaking career?' And they started naming filmmakers. I went 'Naw, it's Jesus actually.'