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" Partnerships are good engines for narrative. "
Tommy Lee Jones
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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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" 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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" 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 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 look upon pride as a sin. "
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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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" 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 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'm a hedonist. "
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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 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 don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys. "
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