Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

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Tommy Lee Jones

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 15, 1946

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.

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If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.

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I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.

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I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

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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.

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In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

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Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago.

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The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going.

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Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

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I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

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Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.

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No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

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You should never ask a horse or an actor to do something they cannot do. Wisdom will teach you to find out what they can do and then make it easy for them.

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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.

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As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.

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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.

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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.

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I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

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I look upon pride as a sin.

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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.

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