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" I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer. "
Tommy Lee Jones
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" If you look at how people use the term 'western,' you can only conclude that it means a movie that has big hats and horses. And if you really want to sound like you've been thinking, then you'll use a term like 'genre.' But all the hell it seems to mean is big hats and horses. Which is not all that deeply analytical. "
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" I don't analyze things like titles. "
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" You are going to grow up whether you want to or not. It requires no effort. "
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" Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious. "
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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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" Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist. "
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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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" 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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" I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. I'm 68 years old. I deserve it. "
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" As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture. "
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" I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve. "
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" I'm an introspective guy when there's money in it. "
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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'm always happy to have a job. "
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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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" I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do. "
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" I think any thinking person should be worried about climate change. "
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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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" I think any stereotyping is too much. "
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" Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters. "
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" No, I don't think about the myth of the West. It's not the kind of thinking I do. That's more suited to people who live in big towns on the West Coast or East Coast, people who stay under a roof, in a room, all the time. "
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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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" If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South. "
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" I love cinema. "
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" How do you play someone in a movie? How do you do that? It's impossible - unless you know how. How do you cut somebody open and take out their appendix and sew them back up and watch them get well? That's impossible - unless you know how. "
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" I've never really known what glamour is. "
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" I don't direct movies for a living. "
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" You should never ask a horse or an actor to do something they cannot do. Wisdom will teach you to find out what they can do and then make it easy for them. "
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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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