Tommy Lee Jones Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I look upon pride as a sin.

I stay young and fit by leading an athletic life and I have always been insured.

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.

Trivia

He writes most of his own most memorable lines in films.

He invites some of the best polo players to his ranch to practice each fall.

He plays polo and raises polo ponies.

He is a first-cousin of Boxcar Willie, a famous country singer.

He is good friends with Al Gore, Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Oliver Stone, and Robert Duvall.

Went to Harvard on scholarship, where he was former vice-president Al Gore's roommate.