A biography for Tommy Lee Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.”
“As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.”
“I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains.”
“I'm a hedonist.”
“You should never ask a horse or an actor to do something they cannot do. Wisdom will teach you to find out what they can do and then make it easy for them.”
“I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.”
“I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some comedy in it.”
“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.”
“Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.”
“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.”
“I'm always happy to have a job.”
“I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!”
“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.”
“You are going to grow up whether you want to or not. It requires no effort.”
“My education as a filmmaker has been entirely practical. I started working professionally in the film business in 1970, and I've been at it steadily since, and I pay a lot of attention.”
“Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.”
“You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”