Tommy Chong Quotes - Page 4

Marijuana at the time we were making movies [with Cheech Marine] was not that readily available and I do prefer to be coherent when I am working.

We have a team in Nevada that is looking for licensed cultivators to grow Chong's Choice. Hopefully recreational passes this year and we can go full force.

Cheech [Marine] on the other hand, met [Barack] Obama and he knew right away who Cheech was. So that should tell you something.

I never actually smoked with any of the presidents.

We have never been big smokers, neither Cheech [Marine] nor I. We were too creative, and we had a lot to do. We are actors and to be honest, I am the type of person that can reference a thought or a smell and get high.

Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.

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

We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.

One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded.

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.

Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.

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.

The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.

Look at all the drug busts all over the country. There must be an audience there somewhere. My feeling is that if we're losing the war on drugs, let's do a movie for the enemy.

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.