Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
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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.
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The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.
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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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I don't analyze things like titles.
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I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.
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Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.
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Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.
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It makes me feel like a very special person, that I'm able to make my living with my imagination. I developed a big respect for my calling while I was in school, and it remains with me to this day.
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I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored.
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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 try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.
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I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.
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I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.
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As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.
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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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I look upon pride as a sin.
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I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.
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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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Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.
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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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No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.
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I like everything Meryl does. I like watching her come to work.. I don't care.. I like everything about her. I like watching her drink coffee. I don't care what she does.. She can do no wrong in my eyes.
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The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'