Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

"Somebody`s gonna give you some money to perform a job, you do your best to make `em a good hand... "

"It`s no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That too is part of my job, and I`m happy to serve when called on."

"My thanks to the Academy for the very finest, greatest award that any actor can ever receive. The only thing a man can say at a time like this is -- I am not really bald."

"I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort."

"I`ve worked with more than 50 directors and I`ve paid attention since day one. That`s pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I`ve seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out." (on how he learned to direct)

"I really enjoyed a remark that Howard Hawks once made. He said the most important thing is not to ask an actor to do anything he can`t do. Same thing goes for horses."

I feel pretty lucky. Those guys, they know my name. They know who I am. Not bad for a little Indian boy. Not bad. - on working with famous movie stars

You just look for good parts and good stories and a good company to work with. Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

I love cinema, and I love agriculture.