Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

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

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

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

I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.

I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

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

I don't direct movies for a living.

I don't analyze things like titles.

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

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.

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

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.