--- title: "1 Film Tv Quotes By Jon Tenney" description: "1 Film Tv quotes by Jon Tenney. Plus more from Jon Tenney and more Film Tv sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg" --- > [Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv-set-the-hours-are-very-very/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg) ## More by Jon Tenney > [All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/all-of-a-sudden-i-was-a-young-kid-in-my-early-20s-and-i-had-a-couple/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [Just because you're laughing, it doesn't mean the audience will, necessarily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/just-because-you-re-laughing-it-doesn-t-mean-the-audience-will/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/you-always-want-to-know-you-have-somebody-at-the-helm-who-knows-what/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/it-s-always-difficult-to-work-out-on-location-away-from-home-but-that/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-toured-around-the-country-and-met-all-these-broadway-producers-who/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [In between jobs, you think your luck has run out, but they keep on letting me do what I love to do. I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/in-between-jobs-you-think-your-luck-has-run-out-but-they-keep-on/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [In this business, you have so little control over things, but one of the things you can control is who you work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/in-this-business-you-have-so-little-control-over-things-but-one-of/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I experience a high on stage that I get nowhere else. I feel its like going to the gym so I won't lose my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-experience-a-high-on-stage-that-i-get-nowhere-else-i-feel-its-like/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/ten-years-of-character-development-affords-you-a-lot-you-get-a-chance/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv-set-the-hours-are-very-very/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I think TV, films, and the stage inform each other. It's good to go back and forth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-think-tv-films-and-the-stage-inform-each-other-it-s-good-to-go-back/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [That's something that's really rare and special and what any actor would love - to have somebody that's specifically writing for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/that-s-something-that-s-really-rare-and-special-and-what-any-actor/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I think most actors will say they always feel like they'll never work again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-think-most-actors-will-say-they-always-feel-like-they-ll-never-work/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-feel-very-very-lucky-to-have-been-involved-with-a-project-that-s/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) > [I was close with some of my old professors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/i-was-close-with-some-of-my-old-professors/) [Jon Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tenney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-tv/jon-tenney/#itemlist", "name": "1 Film Tv Quotes By Jon Tenney", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Tenney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tenney/whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv-set-the-hours-are-very-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.” — Jon Tenney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-tv/jon-tenney/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-tv/jon-tenney/", "name": "Film Tv Quotes by Jon Tenney", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-tv/jon-tenney/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jon-tenney-28729_cinema_whenever-you-re-working-on-a-film-or-tv_1600721.jpg" }, "description": "1 Film Tv quotes by Jon Tenney. 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