Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jonesis an American actor and filmmaker. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning a Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 September 1946
CountryUnited States of America
politics work
If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.
people mind together
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.
art mistake different
I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.
mars earth clue
I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.
fun hard-work acting
Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.
fun
I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.
lunch important cinema
The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'
thinking people west-coast
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.
views perfect stylist
Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.
men age aging
Age will flatten a man.
ideas people east
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.
believe views grandparent
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.
thinking too-much stereotype
I think any stereotyping is too much.
school imagination special
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.