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" I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains. "
Tommy Lee Jones
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" I felt like the luckiest kid in the world because God had put me on the ground in Texas. I actually felt sorry for those poor little kids that had to be born in Oklahoma or England or some place. I knew I was living in the best place in the world. "
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" As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege. "
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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 try to be as good a director as I possibly can. I try to be prepared, and I hope everyone else is. The preparation, I suppose, means just about everything. Little things mean a lot. "
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" I'm an introspective guy when there's money in it. "
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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 do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort. "
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" I don't analyze things like titles. "
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" Football was a wonderful experience for me. It was a means of, oh, I don't know, sustaining for much of my youth. In times of trouble, I've always had football. I always knew I was a football player. And that was a comfort on many occasions. "
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" I've worked with more than 50 directors ,and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out. "
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" My grandmother grew up in a 19th-century world, and my daughter has grown up in a 21st-century world, and some issues, problems, dilemmas that these women face have not changed. "
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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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" It's important for me as an actor to know the entire script before you start shooting, and especially if you're directing, you don't want to be struggling with anything. "
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" I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer. "
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" 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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" As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am. "
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" I still think probably the only thing I'm suited for is being a boy from Texas. "
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" If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work. "
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" The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?' "
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" All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. "
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" I'm always happy to have a job. "
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" Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity. "
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" No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. "
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" 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 it. "
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" Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. "
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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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" In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything. "
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