If you want to know about my politics the only way to do that is to look at my work.
If you want to know about my politics the only way to do that is to look at my work.
Author: Tommy Lee Jones
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.
I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!
I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!
I have worked on very good movies that have been buried and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.
I have worked on very good movies that have been buried and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.
I don't direct movies for a living.
I don't direct movies for a living.
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.
All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.
I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.
I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.
My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.
My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.
My idea in terms of managing a narrative or in thinking in my creative life is that you could easily argue that the past the present and the future all occur simultaneously and if you can postulate that then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative.
My idea in terms of managing a narrative or in thinking in my creative life is that you could easily argue that the past the present and the future all occur simultaneously and if you can postulate that then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative.
What appeals to me? There are things points of view uses of the language habits of dress ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation no matter what the future may hold.
What appeals to me? There are things points of view uses of the language habits of dress ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation no matter what the future may hold.
I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.
I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.