Quotes by Tommy Lee Jones

About Tommy Lee Jones:

Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive.
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I look upon pride as a sin.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

I don't analyze things like titles.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

I've never really known what glamour is.

Tommy Lee Jones

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.

Tommy Lee Jones

I think any stereotyping is too much.

Tommy Lee Jones

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve...

Tommy Lee Jones

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.

Tommy Lee Jones

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

Tommy Lee Jones

Author Bio

  • NameTommy Lee Jones
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and film director
  • BornSeptember 15, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Film Director; Film Producer; Polo Player; Voice Actor; Screenwriter
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actor; Donostia Award