I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now. Jeffrey Jones More Quotes by Jeffrey Jones More Quotes From Jeffrey Jones I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well. Jeffrey Jones impact real thinking If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding. Jeffrey Jones bidding want jobs In this day when God is often referred to as 'It' or 'She' or 'Goddess' for the sake of leveling, I must say I can't recall Satan ever being referred to as 'She.' Jeffrey Jones goddess satan sake This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays. Jeffrey Jones theatre reading play My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment. Jeffrey Jones support house son My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work. Jeffrey Jones attention jobs character I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it. Jeffrey Jones intelligent people interesting I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think. Jeffrey Jones actors serious thinking I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days. Jeffrey Jones generalization want feels I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera - who really have a lot to offer because they know what they're doing, they know what to do, they've made their mistakes. Jeffrey Jones cameras mistake people Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note. Jeffrey Jones movement actors character And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it. Jeffrey Jones point-of-view views character So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered. Jeffrey Jones type roles kind Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother. Jeffrey Jones vision different brother I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue. Jeffrey Jones phones blue jobs A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time. Jeffrey Jones favorites-things reason-why people Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose. Jeffrey Jones doctors connections thinking Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple. Jeffrey Jones apples film want Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world. Jeffrey Jones czech-republic political powerful I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies. Jeffrey Jones busy gone havens
