Tommy Lee Jones

I look upon pride as a sin.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I'm a hedonist.

— Tommy Lee Jones

Age will flatten a man.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I love cinema.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I enjoy acting more and more than when I was 17.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I've never really known what glamour is.

— Tommy Lee Jones

Partnerships are good engines for narrative.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

— Tommy Lee Jones

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

— Tommy Lee Jones

Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow

— Tommy Lee Jones

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I think any stereotyping is too much.

— Tommy Lee Jones

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

— Tommy Lee Jones

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

— Tommy Lee Jones

You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.

— Tommy Lee Jones

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

— Tommy Lee Jones

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

— Tommy Lee Jones

I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.

— Tommy Lee Jones

My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.

— Tommy Lee Jones

If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends,…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I like everything Meryl does. I like watching her come to work.. I don't care.. I like everything about her. I like…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some…

— Tommy Lee Jones

As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search, of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse,…

— Tommy Lee Jones

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…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I…

— Tommy Lee Jones

“A thousand years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, they knew the Earth…

— Tommy Lee Jones

Let me explain something you already know. I'm from Texas and we understand the nature of a border. From what I've seen,…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad,…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee Jones

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…

— Tommy Lee Jones

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing…

— Tommy Lee Jones

My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I'm always happy to have a job.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

— Tommy Lee Jones

I don't direct movies for a living.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I don't analyze things like titles.

— Tommy Lee Jones