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23 quotes by Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus, Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice. Jones' career started in Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, advanced to London and Broadway, before leading to a series of character acting roles in film and television, which often capitalized on Jones' deadpan delivery of...
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If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

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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... →

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I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.

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I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies.

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Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

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Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

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So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.

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This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.

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