Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

You can't make a movie about making movies - it's boring.

I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.

I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them.

If you love movies, then you love America.

The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.

I didn't make movies when I was a kid, but I loved them. That was considered a far-fetched dream.

I had an interest in film, but I didn't want to go to Hollywood and make movies.

It's a real honor to have my stories up on the big silver screen, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. It's great fun flying out to L.A. for premieres and meeting all the actors and directors.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

Obviously, I've been on sets before but nothing as big as 'Twilight.' You forget sometimes that you're on set of one of the biggest movies ever- so when you just sit back and think about it its just so incredible. It's such a great learning experience.

Big feature films are another world.

When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

'The Last Starfighter' was the first movie I did in the U.S. It was an absolute joy to be a part of it. 'Night of the Comet' was a labor of love. Truly a collaborative effort. I am eternally grateful for the experiences.

When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.