Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

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Tommy Lee Jones

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 15, 1946

I don't analyze things like titles.

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I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.

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I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored.

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I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.

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I'm a hedonist.

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The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

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Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

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I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some comedy in it.

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I enjoy acting more and more than when I was 17.

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Partnerships are good engines for narrative.

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The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.

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If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.

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I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

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You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.

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I've never really known what glamour is.

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I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

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The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.

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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.

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It's no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That, too, is part of my job, and I'm happy to serve when called on.

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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.

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