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Jeffrey Jones

"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."

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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

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"There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me."

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"In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor."

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"I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors."

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"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."

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"An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation."

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"A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered."

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"Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor."

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"An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make."

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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."

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Jeffrey Jones
"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."

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Jeffrey Jones
"This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays."

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Jeffrey Jones
"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."

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Jeffrey Jones
"I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now."

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Jeffrey Jones
"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."

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Jeffrey Jones
"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."

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Jeffrey Jones
"Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple."

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Jeffrey Jones
"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."

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Jeffrey Jones
"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."

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