Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I play characters, and I try to play them in a manner that's appropriate to the script. Physical movement and vitality of language is part of character.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1946

Topics

CharacterLanguagePlayTryMovement

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Maya Angelou

LifeGreatMyselfDanceSongThink

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

Angela Carter

SunshineCaliforniaEveryoneContract

In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything.

John Pomfret

YouWillTalkAnythingBecauseSome

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

Steven Zaillian

FindMoreAverageMostThanMovie

Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I'll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.

Sofia Coppola

ThinkYouGoNeverFinishThrough

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

Tory Lanez

RideCityConfidentBackWayBus

The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.

Ron Santo

LosingMeThoughtLegsHappenLast

I didn't want to keep forcing myself to grind out book after book.

Mary Gaitskill

MyselfBookGrindWantOutKeep

It distresses me when I take my seven-year-old nephew out. I cook healthy food, and he wants to go to McDonald's. He doesn't even like the food; he just wants the toys, the Happy Meals. I can't stand to see people walking down the street eating fast food.

Julia Sawalha

FoodHappyPeopleMeEatingStand

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

Colm Meaney

GoodWritingComedyEnjoyHardMake

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

Sean Parker

MoneyDayPoliticsSocial MediaEnd

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

Tim Scott

TeaFreeBelieveEnoughPartyUs

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