Tommy Lee Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I'm a hedonist.”

“I've never really known what glamour is.”

“If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I think any stereotyping is too much.”

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

“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.”

“I don't direct movies for a living.”