Jeffrey Jones Quotes

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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 actually have a…
• Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother.
• This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.
• Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social…
• Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.
• Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have…
• A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where…
• I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now.
• I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.
• I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies.
• So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.
• 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, cannibalistic power, and…
• Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't…
• I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera - who really have…
• I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start…
• I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious…
• I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the…
• My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story,…
• My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked…
• If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

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