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.
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.
No, I don't think about the myth of the West. It's not the kind of thinking I do. That's more suited to people who live in big towns on the West Coast or East Coast, people who stay under a roof, in a room, all the time.
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.
I don't direct movies for a living.
I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.
If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.
Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.
I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.
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.
I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.
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.
