“I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.” PeopleWantDealsDirectorsVery GoodEmulateGood DirectorsUntalented Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“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.” PeopleIfsWarRaisesTacticsIntimidatingObjectionsUnpatriotic Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“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.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDoneCowboyCattle Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.” PeopleIfsI CanIdeasSocialFitEastNo IdeaWealthyCoastHarvardElitistEast Coast Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“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, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival.” PeopleRealSometimesMovingBeliefCausesResultsSurvivalBelieverWorking ItReal ThingsAtrocitiesIntangibleOld SoulIndefinable Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.” PeopleMindDoneTogetherActorsResultsWatchesAudiencePrivilegeHowl Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“No, I don't think about the myth of the West. It's not the kind of thinking I do. That's more suited to people who live in big towns on the West Coast or East Coast, people who stay under a roof, in a room, all the time.” PeopleThinkingKindBigsRoomsTownsWestMythEastRoofCoastWest CoastEast Coast Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“I don't see people as groups, I see them as individuals.” PeopleIndividualGroupsPerception Author:Tommy Lee Jones
