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Tommy Chong


Canadian
May 24, 1938
Actor
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I'm as clean as a whistle.


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Tags: Clean Whistle
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Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.


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Once you're a felon you're a target.


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Tags: You Once Target
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Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.


Tommy Chong
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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.


Tommy Chong
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There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.


Tommy Chong
Tags: Right Top Prison
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They just wanted to show the entertainment world that we're vulnerable.


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Tags: Just World Wanted
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The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.


Tommy Chong
Tags: Funny Me Thing
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You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France.


Tommy Chong
Tags: You Know Got
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The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career.


Tommy Chong
Tags: Any Career Deal
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I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.


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Tags: Funny Lot Day
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The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.


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Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it.


Tommy Chong
Tags: Time About Get
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Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.


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Tags: Had Would Any
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Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.


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Tags: About Out Years
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
Tommy Chong
Tags: Best Because Know
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Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back.


Tommy Chong
Tags: You Like Know
Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.
Tommy Chong
Tags: Truth Would Say
The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.
Tommy Chong
Tags: Know Never Got
The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes.
Tommy Chong
Tags: Way Then Take
I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts.
Tommy Chong
Tags: Out Love Every
I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'
Tommy Chong
Tags: Always Had Years
You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.
Tommy Chong
Tags: You About Them