Tommy Quotes

I`m 49-years-old and I`m cautious of the fact that very few people in comedy have careers after age 50. I think there`s a notion in our society, and it maybe valid, that people aren`t as funny when they get older. It`s a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth. I do believe that sooner or later I`ll get those great roles like Gary Sinise`s part in Forrest Gump (1994) or Tommy Lee Jones` as "Two Face" in Batman Forever (1995).

- Phil Hartman

`It`s a very complex thing, and I don`t know if I`m getting it across.` - about his rock opera, `Tommy,` in 1968.

- Pete Townshend

"Tommy Lee`s talent is amazing. In playing our father figure, our protector, he got to play these sweet emotional scenes that made me want to cry. Whenever I was in scenes with him, he made me miss my own dad."

- Monica Keena

Creating a fragrance will be an exciting way to reach new fans while connecting with those people who already enjoy my music. I have always admired Tommy Hilfiger and am very excited about this new venture with Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries. (Response to his 2005 Fragrance line, `Blue Star Men`)

- Enrique Iglesias

I loved making it, I had a ball - cowboys and Indians. This is the thing, I love doing things which I`d never envisaged before. And so getting me on the back of a horse, with Tommy Lee Jones and shooting guns and chasing Indians, it`s just not something that I would have expected myself to be doing. (On working with Ron Howard in The Missing (2003/I).)

- Cate Blanchett

Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He`s definitely a cowboy. He`s from Texas.

- Christina Milian

But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He`s just the real deal. I`m captivated by him because there`s so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

- Lara Flynn Boyle

I`m 49-years-old and I`m cautious of the fact that very few people in comedy have careers after age 50. I think there`s a notion in our society, and it maybe valid, that people aren`t as funny when they get older. It`s a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth. I do believe that sooner or later I`ll get those great roles like Gary Sinise`s part in Forrest Gump" or Tommy Lee Jones` as "Two Face" in "Batman Forever".

- Phil Hartman

(when asked why he did the voice of Tommy Vercetti for the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City") "For the money."

- Ray Liotta

When he hired me, Oliver (Oliver Stone) said, `I`m making a table. I have four legs already - Robert Downey Jr., Juliette Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson. And I`m going to have a fifth leg on my table. And if that leg is wobbly, my table is a very fucked-up table, and things fall off of it. You`re not going to be a wobbly leg, are ya?` And I said, No. I won`t, I won`t, I won`t fuck up your table." - On getting the part in Natural Born Killers (1994).

- Tom Sizemore

But that`s nothing new. We`re going to be a running team whether it`s Ben or Tommy or Charlie at quarterback. And we`ll still throw the football, too.

- Jerome Bettis

I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.

- Kim Wilde

So, maybe you don`t see blues so much in Styx`s music but it is definitely part of Tommy`s early music.

- James Young

Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy.

- James Young

There is absolutely no doubt that I am a more mature individual and Tommy Shaw is a more mature individual and that we learned a lot.

- James Young

I`ve got five kids and I`m married, Tommy`s got two kids and he`s been married, Vince just got married again, Mick`s out of a relationship, Tommy`s single as well. We`ve done a lot in our life, we`ve covered a lot of miles.

- Nikki Sixx

If you were on the phone with me and Tommy right now, we would probably forget you were there, we`d just be cracking jokes. It`s like Beavis and Butthead.

- Nikki Sixx

(on being typecast) If you look at the careers of people like Anthony Quinn, Cagney, even Tommy Lee Jones, they all were cast as villains. There comes a certain point in your life, in your late 30s, early 40s, when suddenly that can change. Maybe a director sees a glimpse of something else within you along the way. I played comedy in The Goonies, which showed something else was going on. Even when I played the Bond villain in Licence to Kill, there were some people who were rooting for that character ahead of the traditional hero. Now, in Profiler, I get to play Bailey Malone, and I get to show another essence of myself. Stage performances show off multi-varied aspects of an actor, film has always been something else entirely. You always have a prejudice as to what you can and can`t do, but your soul is able to come out more.

- Robert Davi

I don`t like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I`m pleased with Pete`s success but I don`t like what they`ve done to it.

- Roger Daltrey

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

- Sugar Ray Leonard

Being a friend of Tommy, I think it`s a good example of his commitment to black America. This is just another example.

- Terry Lewis

I bluster my way through, and I sing rather like a rugby forward. Tommy (1975) is an amazing visual film and the music is astonishing. I think for anyone to translate The Who`s music in terms of images, it must be somebody like (Ken Russell)--or a lunatic!

- Oliver Reed

It would be nice of their manager Tommy Taylor to ring us rather than go to the media, especially when it is a contracted player. Tommy should know better.

- Gary Roberts

It was wonderful going back home to the Dodger organization, where my dad was probably second to Tommy Lasorda as being a Dodger fan.

- Eddie Murray

It`s a big part of her lifestyle - her sexuality and seeking that sexual life with Tommy, ... I look forward to it. It`s stuff I`ve never done before. I`ve never played a sexpot before. It`s kind of fun to engage in that kind of story line. Literally, all Denis and I do during those sex scenes is laugh our a- off.

- Callie Thorne

It`s a big part of her lifestyle -- her sexuality and seeking that sexual life with Tommy, ... I look forward to it. It`s stuff I`ve never done before. I`ve never played a sexpot before. It`s kind of fun to engage in that kind of story line. Literally, all Denis and I do during those sex scenes is laugh our (butts) off.

- Callie Thorne

(What to watch: Tommy Finn won`t be in uniform for the defending Class 3A state champs. But neither will be Casey Martin or slew of other Trojan offensive guns. Last year, Finn led a 99-yard drive that ate up 7 1/2 minutes and threw a TD pass with 10.1 seconds left for the 18-13 win. Both programs lost the kitchen sink to graduation, but both teams do have a lot of talent, though unknown at this point. Andrean has eight returning starters on defense. But the `Niners didn`t run a ball past the line of scrimmage against Penn last week.) We have to do everything we can to not lose the game. If we line up right, don`t jump offsides, get people in the right place, we can compete with just about everyone, ... They have more coming back in the trenches, but we have a lot of kids who can make big plays. Skill-wise I think we`re as good as them.

- John Snyder

I`m not saying he can`t beat a lot of guys. But I`m worried about Tommy in 10 years, ... As his friend I`m advising him not to fight. As commissioner I will not overrule his return if a doctor says he`s fit to box.

- Brad Wright

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq-a war more than a year away.

- Bob Graham

I was able to get open and Tommy got me the ball,

- Angelo Patti

It`s not going to be a bone of contention on Tommy`s part, I wouldn`t think, until next year. As any coach would, he`ll say, `When I recruit a kid, they`re going to ask me if I`m going to be here four years.` Next year is when (those discussions) would probably be.

- Angie Murphy

It`ll be a great honor just to look in the rafters and see the David Thompsons and Tommy Burlesons, and then be able to see my jersey. I think it`s a great thing.

- Arthur Machen

She would pull double shifts when we were short staffed. She took care of her patients. Never got a complaint on her. Never. Tommy was motivated. Anything he was needed to be done, he got it done.

- Avraham Burg

By the time it was over, I couldn`t stand that movie. Of course I had to watch it hundreds of times during the promotion tour. The director (Norman Taurog) was there to make Tommy Kelly a star. The rest of the kids got no direction from the man. It was horrible. I had to do a scene in which I had hysterics. I`m ten or eleven years old. I have no idea what hysterics are. The director won`t give me any advice. He says come back after lunch ready to do the scene. My mother took me into the trailer to help me. She said, `I`ll show you what hysterics are.` Scared me to death. The only direction I got on that movie was from my mother.

- Ann Gillis

It`s Tommy this, and Tommy that, and `chuck `im out, the brute,` But it`s `Savior of his Country,` When the guns begin to shoot!

- Rudyard Kipling