“I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. ...” — Tommy Lee Jones Quote

“I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. I'm 68 years old. I deserve it.”

“I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.”

“Partnerships are good engines for narrative.”

“I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.”

“The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.”

“If you look at how people use the term 'western,' you can only conclude that it means a movie that has big hats and horses. And if you really want to sound like you've been thinking, then you'll use a term like 'genre.' But all the hell it seems to mean is big hats and horses. Which is not all that deeply analytical.”

“I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.”

“Our soldiers and their families are benefiting. They deserve good, quality housing and they need it.”

“Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.”

“Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.”

“It's mystifying to me why the House leadership will not allow a straight up-or-down vote on a pay raise. I vote against every pay raise because taxpayers deserve better.”

“Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.”