Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

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 don't analyze things like titles.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

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

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 don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I look upon pride as a sin.

I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.

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.

Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.

I think any stereotyping is too much.

In the political world, the only position I have is a voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

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.

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

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

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

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

Age will flatten a man.

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

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

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

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow

I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.

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

Lose the chrome-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock.

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