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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
Tommy Chong
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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
Comedian
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Film Actor
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Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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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.
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Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.
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I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.
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You know that old joke about potheads having bad memories? Well, the bad memories are like pain, discomfort, and fear. So you lose all that, and the body reacts by healing faster and stronger.
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When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.
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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.
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To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.
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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.
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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.
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You got a bag of pot, there's someone who wants to buy it from you. So in a weird way, marijuana has [become] and is becoming the new currency of the world.
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I've always known, all my life, that I was going to be something special. I never knew what it was, but I always had that feeling. I think my mother installed it when I was a little guy.
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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.
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Once you're a felon you're a target.
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Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.
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Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.
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There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.
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So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.
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I am off all the cancer meds. Energy is a bit low but other than that, I feel really good.
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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.
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I never actually smoked with any of the presidents.
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