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Jeffrey Jones

(1946–1976) Stage Actor United Kingdom

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Jeffrey Jones was a stage actor from the United Kingdom, best known for My Second Wind.

Quick Facts About Jeffrey Jones

Born: September 28, 1946
Died: January 1, 1976
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: My Second Wind

About Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Duncan Jones is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jeffrey Jones

I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera -…

Behinds

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Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in…

Actors

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I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't…

Art making

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Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

Apples

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My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function…

Attention

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So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you…

Certain

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My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support…

Apartment

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I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor…

Actors

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Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of…

Amadeus

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There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to…

Also

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I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can…

Creating

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If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

Bidding

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And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous,…

Character

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In this day when God is often referred to as 'It' or 'She' or 'Goddess' for the sake of leveling, I must…

Goddess

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I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now.

Cinema

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Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

Another

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But it's true, it's nothing new that decisions about what movies are to be made, and how they're to be made, and…

About

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Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother.

Brother

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I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.

Blue

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A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people,…

All things

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Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point…

Actors

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This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.

Doe

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I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to…

Intelligent

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I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies.

Busy

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