--- title: "2 East coast Quotes By Tommy Lee Jones" description: "2 East coast quotes by Tommy Lee Jones. Plus more from Tommy Lee Jones and more East coast sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/tommy-lee-jones-9811_bigs_no-i-don-t-think-about-the-myth-of-the-w_1934392.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/no-i-don-t-think-about-the-myth-of-the-west-it-s-not-the-kind-of/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/tommy-lee-jones-9811_bigs_no-i-don-t-think-about-the-myth-of-the-w_1934392.jpg) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-don-t-get-it-if-you-re-saying-tommy-lee-you-don-t-fit-the-image-of/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/tommy-lee-jones-9811_coast_i-don-t-get-it-if-you-re-saying-tommy-le_3004296.jpg) ## More by Tommy Lee Jones > [The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/the-world-s-not-a-very-comfortable-place-if-you-have-a-nightmare-to/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I'm always happy to have a job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-m-always-happy-to-have-a-job/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-don-t-see-people-as-groups-i-see-them-as-individuals/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-personally-don-t-live-a-nihilistic-life-i-don-t-have-any-use-for-it/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 comedy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-think-that-no-matter-how-much-you-don-t-like-yourself-or-the-drama/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/no-director-wants-to-be-directed-but-no-good-director-would-shy-away/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-fear-other-actors-who-are-not-prepared-and-i-fear-directors-who-are/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-don-t-play-just-villains-i-like-to-have-parts-that-are-not-simply/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/if-you-don-t-hurt-anybody-or-try-to-steal-anything-you-ll-be-fine-in/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-try-as-hard-as-i-can-for-everything-to-be-different-from-one-movie/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/as-an-actor-i-want-to-do-as-many-takes-as-i-can-i-wanna-shoot-the/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [Partnerships are good engines for narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/partnerships-are-good-engines-for-narrative/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/ethnic-stereotypes-are-boring-and-stressful-and-sometimes-criminal-it/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/as-a-child-of-west-texas-i-identify-with-hispanic-culture-every-bit/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) > [If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/if-you-want-to-know-about-my-politics-the-only-way-to-do-that-is-to/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/east-coast/tommy-lee-jones/#itemlist", "name": "2 East coast Quotes By Tommy Lee Jones", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No, I don't think about the myth of the West. 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