Tommy Lee Jones

You are going to grow up whether you want to or not. It requires no effort.

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.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.