128 Quotes by Tommy Lee Jones

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

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

The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.

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

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.

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

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

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

I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.