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" Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago. "
Tommy Lee Jones
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" My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that the past, the present and the future all occur simultaneously, and if you can postulate that, then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative. "
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" I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces. "
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" What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold. "
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" I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored. "
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" I don't analyze things like titles. "
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" My education as a filmmaker has been entirely practical. I started working professionally in the film business in 1970, and I've been at it steadily since, and I pay a lot of attention. "
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" The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going. "
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" The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?' "
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" The entire elementary school in Rotan, Texas, presented a theatrical production of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' And the part of Sneezy fell to me. "
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" My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house. "
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" I want to make movies about my country from my point of view. "
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" Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity. "
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" I play characters, and I try to play them in a manner that's appropriate to the script. Physical movement and vitality of language is part of character. "
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" As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit. "
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" I've never really known what glamour is. "
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" You are going to grow up whether you want to or not. It requires no effort. "
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" I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job. "
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" I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival. "
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" There's an undeniable tradition of sexism in this country that ties into the move westward by people of European descent and different ways of looking at Manifest Destiny on the west side of the Mississippi River. "
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" Partnerships are good engines for narrative. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it. "
Tommy Lee Jones
" I probably watch less than one hour of television a week. And when I do watch television, it's usually a football game. Sometimes I'll watch a news broadcast for a few minutes. Otherwise, I don't have time. "
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" No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. "
Tommy Lee Jones
" I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. "
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" I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains. "
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" If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South. "
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" I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them. "
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" In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect. "
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" I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it! "
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