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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. "
Tommy Lee Jones
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" I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do. "
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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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" Partnerships are good engines for narrative. "
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" Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive. "
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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 want to make movies about my country from my point of view. "
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" I think any stereotyping is too much. "
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" It's no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That, too, is part of my job, and I'm happy to serve when called on. "
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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 haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth. "
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" It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it. "
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" I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. "
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" Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity. "
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" I've worked in the film business for 45 years, and I want to keep on growing as a filmmaker. I want to see my visual life grow and be increasingly effective in this world. "
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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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" 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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" I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid. "
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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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" Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist. "
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" The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face. "
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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 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'm always happy to have a job. "
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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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" If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South. "
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" I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored. "
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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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" Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious. "
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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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