Tom Shadyac: The A-List Filmmaker Who Gave Away Millions & Found Fulfillment Through Service

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Tom Shadyac is the acclaimed director of hit comedies like “Ace Ventura,” “Bruce Almighty,” and “The Nutty Professor,” who walked away from Hollywood success to pursue a life of greater meaning. This conversation explores Tom’s spiritual journey from materialism to service, his life-changing work with Memphis Rox, and his iconoclastic views on consciousness and human interconnectedness. We discuss the illusion of separation, finding purpose through community, and how embracing uncertainty can lead to profound personal growth. Along the way, Tom turns the tables and becomes the interviewer—probing my relationship with ego and uncertainty. Tom’s wisdom and humor are such a treasure. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Seed: Use code RICHROLL25 for 25% OFF your first order 👉seed.com/RichRoll Bon Charge: Use code RICHROLL to save 15% OFF 👉boncharge.com On: Enter RichRoll10 at the checkout to get 10% OFF your first order 👉on.com/richroll Go Brewing: Use the code Rich Roll for 15% OFF 👉gobrewing.com Momentous: Save up to 36% OFF your first subscription order of Protein or Creatine + 20% OFF all of my favorite products 👉livemomentous.com/richroll Meal Planner: For customized plant-based recipes 👉meals.richroll.com Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 richroll.com/sponsors Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0	I wanted to share with people what I had come to know through my experiences with the
0:06.8	material lifestyle with the mantra of the society more and more bigger bigger
0:11.0	bigger it's all about conquer nature conquer the earth tell things
0:15.4	where to grow tell things what to do it's about you you you and how's it working
0:20.2	out for us what is your heart tell you, not your brain? I just want to drill
0:26.5	down to the root. Why do we have all these things popping up? Why are we so divided?
0:31.1	It's all one thing. We are not telling ourselves that story that we are essentially a family.
0:36.6	Every Saints Age Amissica said, treat everyone like you're a family, widen your circle of compassion, as Einstein said, to include all of mankind,
0:45.4	humankind, and the whole in the natural world.
0:47.8	It is not just about the individual, what changes a life more than anything is a relationship.
0:57.6	Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast.
0:59.3	My guest today is Tom Shadyak, the iconic filmmaker who walked away from a billion dollar blockbuster career
1:07.4	helming gigantic studio comedies like Ace Ventura, Lireyeer, and even Bruce Almighty.
1:14.7	And he did it to find deeper meaning.
1:18.0	What happened was that Tom started to feel confused when this extraordinary success that he was experiencing
1:25.3	just wasn't delivering on happiness and then enter a near fatal mountain bike
1:31.4	accident and what happened in the wake of that
1:33.6	is that it basically incited a complete life overhaul.
1:38.1	Tom would go on to give away his $50 million fortune.
1:42.0	He moved into a trailer park in Malibu.
1:44.6	He opened a homeless shelter.
1:46.4	He started teaching at Pepperdine University
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