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Tommy Lee Jones


American
September 15, 1946
Actor
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Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.


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I'm an introspective guy when there's money in it.


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Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.


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I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.


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


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I think any thinking person should be worried about climate change.


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The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'


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I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.


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In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.
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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.
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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.
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My grandmother grew up in a 19th-century world, and my daughter has grown up in a 21st-century world, and some issues, problems, dilemmas that these women face have not changed.
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It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it.
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I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.
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I probably watch less than one hour of television a week. And when I do watch television, it's usually a football game. Sometimes I'll watch a news broadcast for a few minutes. Otherwise, I don't have time.
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There's an undeniable tradition of sexism in this country that ties into the move westward by people of European descent and different ways of looking at Manifest Destiny on the west side of the Mississippi River.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world because God had put me on the ground in Texas. I actually felt sorry for those poor little kids that had to be born in Oklahoma or England or some place. I knew I was living in the best place in the world.
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I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job.
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