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54 quotes by Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive. His other notable starring roles include former Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the award-winning TV mini-series Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in...
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Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

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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... →

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

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Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

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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.

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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.

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

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I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable... →

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My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that the past, the present and the... →

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

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If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans... →

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

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