3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones I don’t think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn’t sound like the kind of thing I’d do.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones If military movies were automatically successful we’d make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones 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.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones My home town is very small and very remote and we don’t have a movie house.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones 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.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.
3 December 2020 Tommy Lee Jones All my life I’ve had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.
