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Tommy Lee Jones quotes: You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.

You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.

Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I've never really known what glamour is.

I've never really known what glamour is.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Age will flatten a man.

Age will flatten a man.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't direct movies for a living.

I don't direct movies for a living.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.

The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I'm always happy to have a job.

I'm always happy to have a job.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Lose the chrome-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock.

Lose the chrome-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.

My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.

I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.

I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.

If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: No director wants to be directed, but no good director ... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

No director wants to be directed, but no good director ... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.

I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.

If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I enjoy acting more and more than when I was 17.

I enjoy acting more and more than when I was 17.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.

I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I always told my children when they whined ... Only the boring are bored.

I always told my children when they whined ... Only the boring are bored.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Imagine what you'll know tomorrow

Imagine what you'll know tomorrow

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.

I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't analyze things like titles.

I don't analyze things like titles.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.

As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.

I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I look upon pride as a sin.

I look upon pride as a sin.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: Partnerships are good engines for narrative.

Partnerships are good engines for narrative.

Tommy Lee Jones quotes: I think any stereotyping is too much.

I think any stereotyping is too much.