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
deem people perfectly pursue willing work
I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.
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.
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.
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.
cowboy people done
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.
war people tactics
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.
real moving people
I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival.
people normal problem
Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.
people want directors
I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.
life
I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.
dramatic movements narrative photograph serve stories
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 an audience. That's what I want to do.
home remote town
My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.
You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.
struggling
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it.