Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
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 would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude.
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There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.
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I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.
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The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.
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I like to write in coffee shops in countries in which languages I do not speak are spoken. That way, you're surrounded by the buzz of humanity, but you aren't distracted by people's conversations.
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East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
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Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
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Technology is how we create wealth, how we cure diseases, how we'll build an environment that's sustainable and also gives people the capacity to pull more out of this world and still leave it better than when they found it.
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Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.
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The Heidelberg Catechism is like a refreshing bath with cool gospel water.
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Starting with the values that feel authentic to who you are can serve as a compass to find more meaningful, fulfilling work.
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James DeMonaco is one of my favorite directors I’ve ever worked with. I think he shoots really well and all that, but the work environment he creates – he makes everyone feel respected, he makes everyone feel appreciated, and he’s a true collaborator.
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Bald is the new black!
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It's always better to leave the party early.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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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.
