Greg Sestero Quotes

The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.

The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.

Greg Sestero

Drama, Endurance, Rooms

Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell (2014). “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

Upon its debut, The Room was a spectacular bomb, pulling in all of $1,800 during its initial two-week Los Angeles run. It wasn't until the last weekend of the film's short release that the seeds of its eventual cultural salvation were planted. While passing a movie theater, two young film students named Michael Rousselet and Scott Gairdner noticed a sign on the ticket booth that read: NO REFUNDS. Below the sign was this blurb from a review: “Watching this film is like getting stabbed in the head.” They were sold.

Greg Sestero

Running, Weekend, Two

Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell (2014). “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”, p.14, Simon and Schuster