Tommy Lee Jones Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

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

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

Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow

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

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

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

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

Age will flatten a man.

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

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

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

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

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

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

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.

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

I think any stereotyping is too much.

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

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

I look upon pride as a sin.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

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.

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

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

I don't direct movies for a living.

I don't analyze things like titles.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.