Tommy Lee Jones quotes - page 2

I've worked with more than 50 directors,and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out. (Tommy Lee Jones)
As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege. View quote
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What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold. View quote
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I think any stereotyping is too much. View quote
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Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters. View quote
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I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word. View quote
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All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. View quote
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I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival. View quote
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Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist. View quote
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As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit. View quote
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If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common. (Tommy Lee Jones)
I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth. View quote
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No, I don't think about the myth of the West. It's not the kind of thinking I do. That's more suited to people who live in big towns on the West Coast or East Coast, people who stay under a roof, in a room, all the time. View quote
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Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun. View quote
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I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. View quote
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I don't analyze things like titles. View quote
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Tommy Lee Jones

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Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: September 15, 1946
Quotes count: 41
Wikipedia: Tommy Lee Jones

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