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Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I've worked in the film business for 45 years, and I want to keep on growing as a filmmaker. I want to see my visual life grow and be increasingly effective in this world.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Business World Grow Growing

The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater.

Robert Lepage

Time Fire Walls Story Someone Birth

I just like being on my own on trains, traveling. I spent all my pocket money travelling the London Underground and Southern Railway, what used to be the Western region, and in Europe as much as I could afford it. My parents used to think I was going places, but I wasn't, I was just travelling the trains.

Tony Judt

Money Parents Think London My Own

My dad was always supportive of me and my skating, and he loved me as best that he could, and he worked hard.

Tonya Harding

Best Me Loved Skating Hard Always

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

Roger Moore

Life Bond Meant To Be Real Real Life

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

Rush Limbaugh

Women Feminism Easier Unattractive

I continue to do something I've done since I was 18, and that is read a chapter of Proverbs every day as part of my daily devotion. I still maintain that.

Mike Huckabee

Daily Day Every Day Chapter Done

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.

Michael Moriarty

Mind Legal Doing Stone Intellectual

The coolest Christmas present I've ever received is probably socks. My grandma always gets me socks - every year - and that's something that I've probably never bought for myself. If Christmas wasn't around and my grandma didn't get me socks, I wouldn't own any, probably.

Luke Combs

Myself Me Present Year Socks Never

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

Julia Leigh

Important Hard Finger Tone Things

I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was good at shot put and discus. And then I got a full ride to Fresno State for their track program. Shot put was my main thing. I was the five-time All-American, and I set a couple records.

Dot Jones

Good Ride School College Basketball

I've been talking to a lot of young people, especially here in America. I let them know that the people who they're competing with for opportunities live all over the place. They're probably not in your city, state, or country; they are hungry, and they are grinding! Some of the things that a lot of us take for granted, these people don't.

Chris Gardner

Live People City Opportunities Place

The best of all kinds of movies are character-driven, and I definitely don't want to lose sight of why Derek and I started to write movies together in the first place.

Colin Trevorrow

Best Together Lose Place Movies Why