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" Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood. "
Jeffrey Jones
Time
Another
Done
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" But it's true, it's nothing new that decisions about what movies are to be made, and how they're to be made, and who's to be hired to do what, and whether you hire somebody to do their job, or whether you hire somebody to fill a position and you tell them what to do. "
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You
Movies
Job
" 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 making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days. "
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Start
Experience
Know
" 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 real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well. "
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Think
People
Moment
" 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 you are, what it meant to you at the time. "
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Time
See
Why
" 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 just supply one note. "
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Changes
Character
Just
" Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple. "
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Want
Film
You
" 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 all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment. "
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Money
Living
Son
" Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother. "
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Way
Different
Seeing
" I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now. "
Jeffrey Jones
Welcome
Hope
Now
" If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding. "
Jeffrey Jones
Your
Want
Employee
" I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies. "
Jeffrey Jones
Been
Busy
Many
" This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays. "
Jeffrey Jones
Theatre
Outfit
Does
" 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 theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it. "
Jeffrey Jones
Go
Work
Theatre
" 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 he was making the best of it. "
Jeffrey Jones
Character
Power
Been
" 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 the same appeal, I suppose. "
Jeffrey Jones
Doctor
Kind
Lawyer
" So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered. "
Jeffrey Jones
Get
Kind
Role
" There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from. "
Jeffrey Jones
You
Reality
Interesting
" 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 actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think. "
Jeffrey Jones
Think
Matter
Feel
" I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue. "
Jeffrey Jones
Phone Call
Me
Blue
" I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera - who really have a lot to offer because they know what they're doing, they know what to do, they've made their mistakes. "
Jeffrey Jones
Mistakes
People
Camera
" 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, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work. "
Jeffrey Jones
Within
Myself
Story