First question: basically - what regrets do you have? what would you change in the younger you? - who hasn't though of this in their lives? Second question: how a character's personallity approaches or diverges from the actor who plays it - this is something often discussed, very often in this particular case him in of Men in Black, even in this comment section itself - why should this not be interesting? (perhaps because it's an embarassing tabu to him, because he knows...dunno - if it is, there is no reason for it to be so) etc etc I came here expecting some dumb questions to be asked, not a guy that might be at least an ok actor having square reactions to some otherwise well thought questions, and then, as a byproduct, convincing buffoons in this comment section that it's interviewers that are the buffoons, just because he's the one that is the famous actor, and nobody gives a shit about thinking about stuff for a little bit. Analyse shit people, DUH
@@totrigo6834 Jones is just usually like this when doing press junkets like this. I’ve heard it from several people who have done these very short interviews.
"I get paid to show up and stand where someone tells me to and read lines from a script in front of a camera. If I'm not doing it right, somebody tells me what to do...and then I do that. They say "cut" and I go get a snack and wait for someone to tell me where to stand and what to read next. Once that's over, I go home and don't think about it too much." -Tommy Lee Jones on his career
He has done 100 movies, MIB 3 is the STUPIDEST ONE and he knows it and doesn't give a fuck. The studio made him do these promo clips and he hates it, and these millinial jackasses.
Yea, actors are cogs in a machine, they’re not very important if they are working for a truly special production. Kubrick made movies this way and imo he’s one of the best filmmakers ever because he knew his medium, it’s called “motion pictures”, treat it first and foremost as photography, actors are just expensive props.
@@DutchGuyMike I don't think "complicated" is the right description of these questions. They're pretty dumb and uninventive. He's otherwise pretty fine with answering and participating in "intellectual parts" or whatever the fuck you meant with those words you poorly strung together.
Tommy seems not to be interested AT ALL. ...They ask me to do a movie. I say yes or no. If I do it, I get a script. I learn my lines, I say them. They film me. I collect a paycheck. I go home. I put check in bank. I buy things I need. I wait for the next movie. Repeat. hehe.
He's an intelligent and brilliant actor! He does his work and goes home. Period! If a movie comes out with Tommy Lee Jones, I'm going to see it because I know I'll get the best performance and my money's worth. It's that simple! The man is a legend!
maybe he should have chosen another line of work if he gets so irritated from a few harmless questions. let's just say he was in a bad mood that day or whatever, he makes millions and can't put on a smile for a few minutes even though he is an actor. this dude takes himself way too serious, just look at his reaction at the golden globes...
There are jobs for no nonsense people, like.. being a headmaster, or an economist. He's in entertainment like an old fart with dementia lost at Walmart.
@@HAYDS510 beleive it or not, being an actor was at one point a serious career that garnered respect. Now its devolved into just being a living joke for people to amuse themselves with. Tommy lee jones is one of the few people left in hollywood that still carry themselves with dignity and self respect.
@@jacobhargiss3839 you can hold those qualities without being sour and hostile. I respect that he is a serious guy but Films like MIB, Batman.. they’re family films. The fact he accepted the role of two face and then treated Jim like crap because of his extraverted personality is counterintuitive to the role he took. Wanna be stiff? Act in citizen Kane.
@@HAYDS510 he's not being "sour and hostile" hes qnswering their questions. It just so happens that all these questions are geared toward actors that make "personal connections" with their characters. Jones doesnt do that. He shows up, plays the character, and he goes home. He can play a rediculous part and go back to being a normal person. Its exactly this that made him not like jim carry. Jim plays his same obnoxious self in most all his movies with rare exceptions, and he remains that exact same over the top person when the cameras stop rolling. That is extremely annoying behavior to someone that just wants to do the job and go home.
@@jacobhargiss3839 I think this just comes down to a different expectation of self conduct. I respect where you’re coming from but whether or not acting was historically xyz, it, like all professions evolve or change (whether for the worst or otherwise) and it’s a very public pursuit that like all jobs, has parts we like doing and otherwise. Jim was big back then for that personality whether or not it’s everyone’s cup of tea.
Small talk is not pointless. Even when people don't engage with attempted small talk, the purpose of building report still happened. If someone refuses small talk, then everyone knows that they are giving a signal of not wanting to interact with people.
@@plasticweapon I'm actually the most socially awkward person you could ever meet. I made a generalized statement. Of course not 'everyone' literally can know anything. What reason though in particular do you have to believe that it is false? If you were attempting small talk with someone and they gave signals that they were not interested, would you think otherwise?
The problem is finding out shit to talk about aside from stupid small talk. We all have one thing in common, the government, that's something to dislike right? Like im not even talking about the politicians in suits everyday, I mean the shadow type workers, the 1% of agents in the agencies that fund what taxes wont with drug trafficking, human trafficking and other things elites buy or do business with. Fucked shit in general.
truth be getting told Politics, no mater how agreeable your focus, should be avoided. Next thing you know, your words meant to build rapport did the opposite and offended a black-trans-gay-woman, and you're out of a job...
He’s a realist. He’s not out of touch. He’s not trying to overcomplicate what’s going on. It’s the simplicity of portraying a designed character and being himself, and separating the two. It’s exhibiting common sense and grounding himself in reality. This is pretty hilarious 😂
I'd say he is more of a dickhead. If he doesn't want to do press, then he could just put that in his contract. There's never a good excuse to be a dickhead to people who are just doing their job. It's not like they were asking him anything offensive.
Tommy has this look on his face like he wants to say... "How many more dumb questions are y'all gonna ask before I stick an ice pick in my eye out of boredom for my own entertainment? lol
I’m always annoyed when people try and make it seem like Tommy Lee Jones is a jerk in real life. I see him as a down to earth guy who prefers to keep his personal life and career separate by any means necessary. That’s why I think he comes off as unapproachable so that you won’t be able to see the real him because he would rather keep his milder personality out of the public eye. I have nothing but mad respect for that!
a lot of coworkers tell me I'm unapproachable and I say how did you ever come to that conclusion I have always been available to discuss work related matters... my personal life is not a topic that needs to be brought up in a professional environment or with anyone or their brother who asks for that matter. Wish more people would respect that instead of taking offense to it.
Harrison Ford and Tommy are 90% in it for the money and 10% the art. Stop asking these guys about the characters they plan on screen, they don’t care about them once the director says “cut” 😂
I think they probably have specific roles they do for the art of it and others purely for a paycheck. Like Ford doesn’t care about Han Solo but he loves Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford has become way better at interviews and shows more passion than TLJ ever has. Tommy L Jones is just an anti social non engaging, poorly communicating grouch.
@@j.w.matney8390 most people that 'get into' Harvard don't come from a wealthy family...that's a different category than the ones that actually attend though. still, a strange point for you to think is a point to be made, twerp.
DoctorDoggmatic wow.... what an epiphany you had... maybe he shouldn’t have gone to the interview? He has two legs to leave with. Didn’t they teach you that at some point in your life. He was being a dick. If he didn’t want to answer questions he knew where the door was unless he’s too stupid to remember how he got in.
Honestly, the interviewers did their job well and kept it going. They’re doing an interview for Men in Black 3, not No Country for Old Men. They have to ask light-hearted questions. They’re not gonna ask about his method or the deeper themes of the movie. Props to them.
@Meadow Pinkelle exactly I feel crazy reading these comments, the interviewers were fine and the one in the suit especially asked quite insightful questions
@Meadow Pinkelle It’s actually not a bizarre view at all. I think it’s a common take away people like the OP here and myself had. They seem like rookies who are trying to hard to ask clever questions but aren’t that interested in just having a genuine conversation. True or false that’s just the impression the interviewers impressed upon me.
*_Classic editing of today:_* take something that's great, then *_fake some reactions_* and more tension with editing, add creative license, done. Welcome to the internet.
He's smiling and answering the questions politely. The man went to Harvard, he's very intelligent, he probably just doesn't feel like proving it to a couple of irritating wannabes. Compare - s7ZaqcuonI8
Joan Rivers has said he was the worst red carpet interview ever. He didnt want to be yhere wadnt happy and wanted everybody else to be as unhappy as he was. She also said he was very arrogant about going to an ivy league. college.
Oh, he’s intelligent. He went to the fancy school. Sure seems like a sign of great intelligence, to act like you are socially handicapped in an interview setting. What a genius!
A legend and a great actor an elite on the screen and a great man as well. Long live tommy lee jones. My favorite film of his was blown away must watch if you haven't please.
He has no empathy for the interviewers. They're trying, he isn't. If a notable person sits down for an interview simple common courtesy requires them to respond to a legitimate, well-meaning question in a civilized way. Okay, the questions may not be to Jones' taste, he may be bored or unimpressed by the question, but don't embarrass the interviewer, and yourself, by being unresponsive. For example, toward the beginning the interviewer asks Jones if he could go back in time and give himself dome acting advice. Now that's not only a valid, legitimate question but if you think about it actors will during the course of an interview proactively offer their opinion on how they could have been a better actor when they were younger and less experienced. I recall Paul Newman making just this point in a Playboy interview when he said he cringed at seeing himself in his earlier movies, indicating that he should have "done less," i.e., not overacted/over-reacted so much in his acting. So Tommy Lee Jones in this interview is just being uncooperative and, in fact, condescending. If this was "prime time" and, say, Barbara Walters or some other network superstar were interviewing him, I'm sure he'd react a lot differently. So, no, these are not too "hipsters" interviewing Tommy Lee Jones, this is an interview where Tommy Lee Jones is indulging his "celebrity status" be be difficult and unprofessional. ... It happens. ... All too often.
I would disagree partially on this take. Some of the complexity of the questions go beyond the necessary standards for a low-tier press interview that actors are mandated to do. Tommy Lee can be a very well spoken person in his correct element, these 'hipsters' simply just can't make the interviews enjoyable or connect their questions to relevancy of the movie. Only on paper does their questions sound somewhat "valid" and "legitimate" - but the whole "if you could time travel back in time onto a movie set and meet your old self and-" yikes. How about "As an actor, is there something that you wish you knew back then that you know now?" Simple, sweet, concise, not convoluted, and not awkward. Funny enough, even Josh Brolin (Agent K in MIB3) said that internationally and oversees is where the questions are normal and valid and make sense, it's only in Hollywood where they usually get the weird ones.
@@xunkownx499 You are so right. So why are these "hipsters?" asking these ridiculous, unanswerable questions? Are they trying to play catch-up with his intellect and experience? Good luck with that, boys. Did you ever see Tommy Lee Jones ride a horse? He's just about that good at everything he does.
He sure is a brilliant actor and I dont think he likes hipsters and there damn hipster ways!!!! LOL!!😂He is definately comfortable in his skin& As you said he is confident in who he is for sure.Reminds me of my uncle ronnie he was protective over family and close.But I understand him being crankey and he is getting older and he just tells mofos how it is
I'm 60, so I can appreciate Tommy's generation, but I think he was about as exciting as a pencil sharpener. These guys were asking legitimate questions. There's a good chance that the real life Tommy is as boring as the day is long.
In the wryest way possible: "my mind just cannot get around a question like that, I don't know" ...ahahaha, how did the interviewer not pick up on that?? Tommy Lee, sarcastamaster
lol this is funny. he Just flat out doesn't give a shit about their vague questions. Tommy Lee is like uhh it's just a script. I sign the contracts, They say action, I memorize the lines , I say the lines, I get paid , That's my career 🤓👍 you either dig me or you don't .
These journos need to do their homework. TLJ just doesn't carry characters he has played in the past around with him. He doesn't relate to them or even remember their names. By the time he's promoting this film he's done 2 more. He is a great actor because he interprets a script, and direction, extremely well. He does the job, then he goes home and gets on with his life. There are things he will happily talk about. But these questions are either dumb or very convoluted. Just watch or read a few interviews with the guy. Work out what he will respond to. Oh and send a woman next time. A pretty one... ;)
He's being a jerk at all. He just reacts to stupid questions. They are stupid questions and the guys are amateurs. TLJ doesnt have anything to work with here. Many people think the generation Y lame conversation is tiresome within seconds. Like this conversation. They are being absolute children, look like crap, act like crap ... total buffoons. Tommy Lee Jones is an older man who is educated. He has no interest in this teen boy type talk.
They showed him respect. They had a job someone hired them to do and they did it. This isn’t a restaurant where you’re a dick to the waiter for not being a good waiter. Which you also shouldn’t be an ass just because either. Regardless, he didn’t have to do the interview. He knows how they go. It astounds me how stupid you are to not see that. He remembers where the door was unless dementia got his ass right then and there due to Karma. The questions would have intrigued some people had he answered them. You’re how the kids say riding Tommy Lee Jone’s dick. If he had answered the question and showed true interest. You would be one of the first idiot hypocrites to be like “wow the old timer is so wise and intelligent.” But, he actually he acted like the buffoon and he wanted to on purpose for some dumbass reason. Just like you wanted to be a dumbass with your comment.
People talk about what went wrong with Jim Carrey ! Well i have a theory ,which of course maybe BS but I think that when Tommy Lee Jones told Jim Carrey " I can't stand you and i cannot sanction your buffoonery ! " I do think that messed Carrey up a bit.
He told Carrey he hated him to and they didn’t get along at all during filming of Batman Forever and both actors said they would never work together again
Scott Knode I believe it happened when Carrey spotted Jones outside of the Production and just decided to be cordial and go up to Tommy Lee Jones and say “hello “ . Carrey is not the first to experience the meanness of TLJ . Sally Fields talked about him on a film they both acted in . Still on these clips he was just being succinct and answered the questions.
This is a bit of genius deadpan acting by Tommy Lee Jones in this interview. A little bit under-stated, not overdone but it will make news headlines for a few years because it gives a very definite character, which is a contrast to the interviewers and their more complicated, modern interviewing technique. Very clever!
He says it like a fucking dickhead, I'd say. They are just doing their job. If he doesn't want to do press, or can't do it without being a royal cunt diva about a movie like MIB3, well he should opt out of press in his contracts.
I once saw him in a restaurant in West Texas. A small town I grew up in. I thought I knew him but I just couldn’t place him??? I kept glancing over at him occasionally trying to figure it out. Finally I asked the waitress (a friend) when she told me I was really embarrassed. About 20 minutes later he came over and introduced himself to us😮He was so sweet. So I have heard over the years that he has a certain reputation at times. I’m so glad I got to meet his really good side. I’ve been a fan ever since 🥰
Reminds me of when a Texas Monthly reporter was following Ty Murray around for and article and toward the end of the story the reporter asks Ty what his existential motivation was when he got on a Bull and in some respects does it become somewhat metaphysical. To which Ty replied, "What the f..k are you talking about?"
Tommy Lee Jones is an oldschool man from San Saba county Texas, he lives on a big ranch, and does his movies and goes home. He doesn't get involved in the idiotic Hollywood garbage that goes on, he has no time for stupid shit and i totally relate to him. It's just a job to him, he does it and it's over.
The questions are just to deep. This dude is old school. Plus who knows how many interviews he's had that day. Should have kept it simple. These guys are really thinking he's going deep into agent K. Like he's fan boying on himself. Like gramps is sitting there reading fan fiction.
Matthew Reyes It's his character, he should have some inkling as to how to approach it. It's not like these questions are that deep, basically how does he relate to that character, what does he think of the other roles he's played. You don't have to be a savant to answer that shit. lol
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He could not sanction their buffoonery
Sounds like the interviewers could use some time on the Riddler's box/brain wave thingy...
This made me laugh so much! The fact he said that to Jim Carrey is still so hilarious to me 🤣
@@beatnique9188 he actually said that as he was trembling hole like a madman!he also said to him ....i hate you!sweet man!
First question: basically - what regrets do you have? what would you change in the younger you? - who hasn't though of this in their lives?
Second question: how a character's personallity approaches or diverges from the actor who plays it - this is something often discussed, very often in this particular case him in of Men in Black, even in this comment section itself - why should this not be interesting? (perhaps because it's an embarassing tabu to him, because he knows...dunno - if it is, there is no reason for it to be so)
etc etc
I came here expecting some dumb questions to be asked, not a guy that might be at least an ok actor having square reactions to some otherwise well thought questions, and then, as a byproduct, convincing buffoons in this comment section that it's interviewers that are the buffoons, just because he's the one that is the famous actor, and nobody gives a shit about thinking about stuff for a little bit.
Analyse shit people, DUH
@@totrigo6834
Jones is just usually like this when doing press junkets like this. I’ve heard it from several people who have done these very short interviews.
"I get paid to show up and stand where someone tells me to and read lines from a script in front of a camera. If I'm not doing it right, somebody tells me what to do...and then I do that. They say "cut" and I go get a snack and wait for someone to tell me where to stand and what to read next. Once that's over, I go home and don't think about it too much." -Tommy Lee Jones on his career
Is he an actor or just some guy who worked at a Texaco that got thrown into a van
@@Wetknees Excellent!! 😂 Seems you, too, have a natural subtlety.
Wait a Minute...I could do that!
he got the job cause he looks badass, lol
He has done 100 movies, MIB 3 is the STUPIDEST ONE and he knows it and doesn't give a fuck. The studio made him do these promo clips and he hates it, and these millinial jackasses.
Some actors don't overthink acting, they just act.
@Rufus Slothkowski It's what they should do. Otherwise, why are they even in the business?
Tommy Lee Jones has been playing the person we see here for 40 years
@@thomasshort1784 variety of levels of passion for a subject. Difference between Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson
that sounds boring
Yea, actors are cogs in a machine, they’re not very important if they are working for a truly special production. Kubrick made movies this way and imo he’s one of the best filmmakers ever because he knew his medium, it’s called “motion pictures”, treat it first and foremost as photography, actors are just expensive props.
He's pretty good at making exactly any question seem like a stupid one. :-D
That’s it isn’t it😂
They are asking pretty complicated questions, Tommy simply is a fairly bland person when it comes to the intellectual parts :p
@@DutchGuyMike Yea sport you're a frigging genius STFU.
It's easy when moronic questions are proffered?
@@DutchGuyMike I don't think "complicated" is the right description of these questions. They're pretty dumb and uninventive. He's otherwise pretty fine with answering and participating in "intellectual parts" or whatever the fuck you meant with those words you poorly strung together.
What is the separation between Tommy Lee Jones and any character he plays?
Nothing.
It isn't acting to him
They are not real and he is real
someone didn't watch the video
Yea like you would know.
Except Two-Face.
Tommy seems not to be interested AT ALL. ...They ask me to do a movie. I say yes or no. If I do it, I get a script. I learn my lines, I say them. They film me. I collect a paycheck. I go home. I put check in bank. I buy things I need. I wait for the next movie. Repeat. hehe.
+TheRealJohnDoe You'll probably get blacklisted by studios for refusing to promote the movie then.
TheRealJohnDoe Hahah, exactly! It seems like it's just a job to him, lol.
You would not have the script on the night and that goes for everybody; there will be no scripts ON THE NIGHT! You learn the words!
I love him. He is so stale and candid when he speaks.
Any other way just would not be Tommy Lee Jones. Gotta love him!
Not stale, he just don't deal with bullshit.
Maybe if he can’t handle fun he shouldn’t be in MiB movies
@@lartisteautravail that’s why it works and is hilarious.
Tommy Lee my man, has no time for bullshit I love it
Facts
He's an intelligent and brilliant actor! He does his work and goes home. Period! If a movie comes out with Tommy Lee Jones, I'm going to see it because I know I'll get the best performance and my money's worth. It's that simple! The man is a legend!
I know he's an "Ivy Leaguer"--Harvard? Yale? Iirc he studied English lit and philosophy, he's certainly not an intellectual slouch
@@vollsticks He's a Harvard graduate! He roomed with Al Gore the entire 4 years.
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maybe he should have chosen another line of work if he gets so irritated from a few harmless questions.
let's just say he was in a bad mood that day or whatever, he makes millions and can't put on a smile for a few minutes even though he is an actor.
this dude takes himself way too serious, just look at his reaction at the golden globes...
@@asdfff123 I agree with what you say but here's a better interview.
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Tommy is a no-nonsense type of person. I liked him and his reactions/responses.
There are jobs for no nonsense people, like.. being a headmaster, or an economist. He's in entertainment like an old fart with dementia lost at Walmart.
@@HAYDS510 beleive it or not, being an actor was at one point a serious career that garnered respect. Now its devolved into just being a living joke for people to amuse themselves with. Tommy lee jones is one of the few people left in hollywood that still carry themselves with dignity and self respect.
@@jacobhargiss3839 you can hold those qualities without being sour and hostile. I respect that he is a serious guy but Films like MIB, Batman.. they’re family films. The fact he accepted the role of two face and then treated Jim like crap because of his extraverted personality is counterintuitive to the role he took. Wanna be stiff? Act in citizen Kane.
@@HAYDS510 he's not being "sour and hostile" hes qnswering their questions. It just so happens that all these questions are geared toward actors that make "personal connections" with their characters. Jones doesnt do that. He shows up, plays the character, and he goes home. He can play a rediculous part and go back to being a normal person. Its exactly this that made him not like jim carry. Jim plays his same obnoxious self in most all his movies with rare exceptions, and he remains that exact same over the top person when the cameras stop rolling. That is extremely annoying behavior to someone that just wants to do the job and go home.
@@jacobhargiss3839 I think this just comes down to a different expectation of self conduct. I respect where you’re coming from but whether or not acting was historically xyz, it, like all professions evolve or change (whether for the worst or otherwise) and it’s a very public pursuit that like all jobs, has parts we like doing and otherwise. Jim was big back then for that personality whether or not it’s everyone’s cup of tea.
They propably tried so hard to think of creative questions but he gave them simple ass answers in the end! In my mind, that is absolutely hilarious!
This is me when people try to make pointless small talk
Small talk is not pointless. Even when people don't engage with attempted small talk, the purpose of building report still happened. If someone refuses small talk, then everyone knows that they are giving a signal of not wanting to interact with people.
@@keithmayhewhammond5357 everyone does not know that mr social, because that's not necessarily true.
@@plasticweapon I'm actually the most socially awkward person you could ever meet. I made a generalized statement. Of course not 'everyone' literally can know anything. What reason though in particular do you have to believe that it is false? If you were attempting small talk with someone and they gave signals that they were not interested, would you think otherwise?
The problem is finding out shit to talk about aside from stupid small talk. We all have one thing in common, the government, that's something to dislike right? Like im not even talking about the politicians in suits everyday, I mean the shadow type workers, the 1% of agents in the agencies that fund what taxes wont with drug trafficking, human trafficking and other things elites buy or do business with. Fucked shit in general.
truth be getting told Politics, no mater how agreeable your focus, should be avoided. Next thing you know, your words meant to build rapport did the opposite and offended a black-trans-gay-woman, and you're out of a job...
He’s a realist. He’s not out of touch. He’s not trying to overcomplicate what’s going on. It’s the simplicity of portraying a designed character and being himself, and separating the two. It’s exhibiting common sense and grounding himself in reality. This is pretty hilarious 😂
Right, he’s “in touch”; he just isn’t tangled up in that mess they call an “ego”. It’s just not there.
I'd say he is more of a dickhead. If he doesn't want to do press, then he could just put that in his contract. There's never a good excuse to be a dickhead to people who are just doing their job. It's not like they were asking him anything offensive.
Tommy has this look on his face like he wants to say... "How many more dumb questions are y'all gonna ask before I stick an ice pick in my eye out of boredom for my own entertainment? lol
the irony is that they're "trying" to ask different or involved questions. They just suck.
But he’s collected and polite. Seems he genuinely considers the questions before replying, or finding himself at a loss.
"No, I don't take my work home."
@Myles Coyne It pays to separate your work from your home life. Less stressful!
Best random CZcams search I’ve ever done. This was amazing.
This interview shows exactly how good of an actor he really is.
I had a feeling it was a bit.
TLJ has nothing against these guys. He just hates interviews and I would probably act the same way in his position.
@Ricardo Cantoral He also seems the type who's good at reading people so, he most likely could tell if they were bullshitting or serious.
"nice suit" it looks like a MIB costume that the kid has been sleeping in for 3 days. lol.
Definitely was clowning him lol
I don't blame him one bit. He's the only person in the room keeping it real.
I’m always annoyed when people try and make it seem like Tommy Lee Jones is a jerk in real life. I see him as a down to earth guy who prefers to keep his personal life and career separate by any means necessary. That’s why I think he comes off as unapproachable so that you won’t be able to see the real him because he would rather keep his milder personality out of the public eye. I have nothing but mad respect for that!
a lot of coworkers tell me I'm unapproachable and I say how did you ever come to that conclusion I have always been available to discuss work related matters... my personal life is not a topic that needs to be brought up in a professional environment or with anyone or their brother who asks for that matter. Wish more people would respect that instead of taking offense to it.
Hipsters are a blight on society
Harrison Ford and Tommy are 90% in it for the money and 10% the art. Stop asking these guys about the characters they plan on screen, they don’t care about them once the director says “cut” 😂
Probably right about that
a fellow nine-to-fiver
I think they probably have specific roles they do for the art of it and others purely for a paycheck. Like Ford doesn’t care about Han Solo but he loves Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford has become way better at interviews and shows more passion than TLJ ever has. Tommy L Jones is just an anti social non engaging, poorly communicating grouch.
Bullshit. They’re both 100% about the art, and craft, of storytelling. None of those question had anything to do with those things.
This was heavily edited to make Tommy look dry and duller than he probably really is.
I'm glad someone noticed that not just myself lol
He was smart enough to get into Harvard despite not coming from a wealthy family. I admire his patience with these twerps.
@@j.w.matney8390 most people that 'get into' Harvard don't come from a wealthy family...that's a different category than the ones that actually attend though. still, a strange point for you to think is a point to be made, twerp.
It was not edited much
He is not dull. Even when he is.
Ever thought that your questions were crap and he's an old guy who sees his work as a job to do well and that's it.
DoctorDoggmatic wow.... what an epiphany you had... maybe he shouldn’t have gone to the interview? He has two legs to leave with. Didn’t they teach you that at some point in your life. He was being a dick. If he didn’t want to answer questions he knew where the door was unless he’s too stupid to remember how he got in.
Honestly, the interviewers did their job well and kept it going. They’re doing an interview for Men in Black 3, not No Country for Old Men. They have to ask light-hearted questions. They’re not gonna ask about his method or the deeper themes of the movie. Props to them.
reporters: *cheerfuly asking questions*
Tommy Lee Jones: nope
Tommy just being who he is. Once a role he plays in a particular movie is completed he movies on.
This is painful to watch. He knows - and we know - that these guys just don't know what they are doing.
@Meadow Pinkelle exactly I feel crazy reading these comments, the interviewers were fine and the one in the suit especially asked quite insightful questions
@Meadow Pinkelle It’s actually not a bizarre view at all. I think it’s a common take away people like the OP here and myself had.
They seem like rookies who are trying to hard to ask clever questions but aren’t that interested in just having a genuine conversation.
True or false that’s just the impression the interviewers impressed upon me.
They are asking him about some dumb potboiler, not Macbeth
*_Classic editing of today:_* take something that's great, then *_fake some reactions_* and more tension with editing, add creative license, done.
Welcome to the internet.
Tommy Lee Jones is very no nonsense. He tells it like it is.
Or he's a spoiled brat douchebag who can't afford a little bit of grace towards two young people trying to get off a fair interview.
@@dougcraig9444 He answered their questions, dressed in a suit and complimented one of the guys on their suit.
@@dougcraig9444 lol no
The man is fucking awesome. Best interview I've ever seen
He’s tough
"I'm not him and he's not me." Lol.
Mr. Jones you pretend for a living. You do it well. We all enjoy your work. Thank you for the all the wonderful memories.
He's smiling and answering the questions politely. The man went to Harvard, he's very intelligent, he probably just doesn't feel like proving it to a couple of irritating wannabes.
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+Phibes Lives it's not the interviewers....there doing there job and well. Tommy is just not a people person..... or a living person person
Joan Rivers has said he was the worst red carpet interview ever. He didnt want to be yhere wadnt happy and wanted everybody else to be as unhappy as he was. She also said he was very arrogant about going to an ivy league. college.
Phibes Lives then y agree 2 the interview in the first place?
Oh, he’s intelligent. He went to the fancy school. Sure seems like a sign of great intelligence, to act like you are socially handicapped in an interview setting. What a genius!
Yeah
It reminds me of early bob dylan interviews. They're looking for something that just isn't there.
I imagine there is no greater from of torture in this world than an actor forced to do a press tour to promote their latest movie...
He just isnt interested in being there
Tommy is The Boss
He’s preparing for his role in “ No country for old men “ lol
He was made for that role. The Cohen's knew exactly what they were doing when they casted him.
He's not full of himself, he does his job and that's it. I believe more actors should take a lesson.
Regardless of the fact he does his job hes a sour jerk.
Tommy Lee Jones: 2
Hipsters: 0
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Tommy lee Jones is not amused
Tommys reaction of the questions 😂
A legend and a great actor an elite on the screen and a great man as well. Long live tommy lee jones. My favorite film of his was blown away must watch if you haven't please.
He has no empathy for the interviewers. They're trying, he isn't. If a notable person sits down for an interview simple common courtesy requires them to respond to a legitimate, well-meaning question in a civilized way.
Okay, the questions may not be to Jones' taste, he may be bored or unimpressed by the question, but don't embarrass the interviewer, and yourself, by being unresponsive.
For example, toward the beginning the interviewer asks Jones if he could go back in time and give himself dome acting advice. Now that's not only a valid, legitimate question but if you think about it actors will during the course of an interview proactively offer their opinion on how they could have been a better actor when they were younger and less experienced. I recall Paul Newman making just this point in a Playboy interview when he said he cringed at seeing himself in his earlier movies, indicating that he should have "done less," i.e., not overacted/over-reacted so much in his acting.
So Tommy Lee Jones in this interview is just being uncooperative and, in fact, condescending. If this was "prime time" and, say, Barbara Walters or some other network superstar were interviewing him, I'm sure he'd react a lot differently. So, no, these are not too "hipsters" interviewing Tommy Lee Jones, this is an interview where Tommy Lee Jones is indulging his "celebrity status" be be difficult and unprofessional. ... It happens. ... All too often.
Thank fucking god that someone sees it this way.
It's heavily edited to better drive-home that impression. I doubt the actual interview was as difficult and condescending as this video presents.
I would disagree partially on this take. Some of the complexity of the questions go beyond the necessary standards for a low-tier press interview that actors are mandated to do. Tommy Lee can be a very well spoken person in his correct element, these 'hipsters' simply just can't make the interviews enjoyable or connect their questions to relevancy of the movie. Only on paper does their questions sound somewhat "valid" and "legitimate" - but the whole "if you could time travel back in time onto a movie set and meet your old self and-" yikes. How about "As an actor, is there something that you wish you knew back then that you know now?" Simple, sweet, concise, not convoluted, and not awkward.
Funny enough, even Josh Brolin (Agent K in MIB3) said that internationally and oversees is where the questions are normal and valid and make sense, it's only in Hollywood where they usually get the weird ones.
@@xunkownx499 You are so right. So why are these "hipsters?" asking these ridiculous, unanswerable questions? Are they trying to play catch-up with his intellect and experience? Good luck with that, boys. Did you ever see Tommy Lee Jones ride a horse? He's just about that good at everything he does.
Tommy Lee is somewhat prickly, yes...
Hes in control of who he is and seems confident in who he is.
He sure is a brilliant actor and I dont think he likes hipsters and there damn hipster ways!!!! LOL!!😂He is definately comfortable in his skin& As you said he is confident in who he is for sure.Reminds me of my uncle ronnie he was protective over family and close.But I understand him being crankey and he is getting older and he just tells mofos how it is
Interviewer standing on the ledge of a dam: I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS!
Tommy Lee Jones: I DON'T CARE!
These people are digging into MIB3 like it's some very deep piece of art lol
I'm 21 but I love all your films! !! Love you! !!!!!
I'm 60, so I can appreciate Tommy's generation, but I think he was about as exciting as a pencil sharpener. These guys were asking legitimate questions. There's a good chance that the real life Tommy is as boring as the day is long.
+jeffs60s He will be 70 next year.
GAML, I'm 23 and you are rude.
GAML, I feel bad for your grandchildren.
Old people fight!
I've met him. He is an asshole. Even peeps that know him well say he has had a charisma bypass. But what a great actor.
That ending cracked me up
That ending comment is hilarious!
and that is when both interviewer's careers ended
In the wryest way possible: "my mind just cannot get around a question like that, I don't know" ...ahahaha, how did the interviewer not pick up on that?? Tommy Lee, sarcastamaster
Hello I see happiness all around you, can I please share from it ❤
Et Voila!!! Our new generations ! I came upon thid! Haven’t watched Hollywood movies since early middle 60s
I love it. His answers are brilliant. Had me laughing all the way to puru.
Guilio McEwan's Space *peru
lol this is funny. he Just flat out doesn't give a shit about their vague questions. Tommy Lee is like uhh it's just a script. I sign the contracts, They say action, I memorize the lines , I say the lines, I get paid , That's my career 🤓👍 you either dig me or you don't .
He really appears to believe it’s that simple. However, for most actors, it isn’t simple. Jones has a certain kind of genius, and doesn’t realize it.
Tomm Lee Jones is like "Fuck off with these dumb ass questions, I don't give a shit. I wonder what I'll have for lunch".
If you could go back in time and change just one thing in your life, what would it be?
Scheduling this interview.
These journos need to do their homework. TLJ just doesn't carry characters he has played in the past around with him. He doesn't relate to them or even remember their names. By the time he's promoting this film he's done 2 more. He is a great actor because he interprets a script, and direction, extremely well. He does the job, then he goes home and gets on with his life. There are things he will happily talk about. But these questions are either dumb or very convoluted. Just watch or read a few interviews with the guy. Work out what he will respond to. Oh and send a woman next time. A pretty one... ;)
He's being a jerk at all. He just reacts to stupid questions. They are stupid questions and the guys are amateurs. TLJ doesnt have anything to work with here.
Many people think the generation Y lame conversation is tiresome within seconds. Like this conversation. They are being absolute children, look like crap, act like crap ... total buffoons. Tommy Lee Jones is an older man who is educated. He has no interest in this teen boy type talk.
They showed him respect. They had a job someone hired them to do and they did it. This isn’t a restaurant where you’re a dick to the waiter for not being a good waiter. Which you also shouldn’t be an ass just because either. Regardless, he didn’t have to do the interview. He knows how they go. It astounds me how stupid you are to not see that. He remembers where the door was unless dementia got his ass right then and there due to Karma. The questions would have intrigued some people had he answered them. You’re how the kids say riding Tommy Lee Jone’s dick. If he had answered the question and showed true interest. You would be one of the first idiot hypocrites to be like “wow the old timer is so wise and intelligent.” But, he actually he acted like the buffoon and he wanted to on purpose for some dumbass reason. Just like you wanted to be a dumbass with your comment.
his answers basically radiate "idk, im just doing my job"
I think he's cool
Hello I see happiness all around you, can I please share from it ❤
This is obviously very very very edited.....
That deadpan flat stare is just the best.
This was more like a court trial than a film interview lmao
People talk about what went wrong with Jim Carrey ! Well i have a theory ,which of course maybe BS but I think that when Tommy Lee Jones told Jim Carrey " I can't stand you and i cannot sanction your buffoonery ! " I do think that messed Carrey up a bit.
He told Carrey he hated him to and they didn’t get along at all during filming of Batman Forever and both actors said they would never work together again
Scott Knode I believe it happened when Carrey spotted Jones outside of the Production and just decided to be cordial and go up to Tommy Lee Jones and say “hello “ . Carrey is not the first to experience the meanness of TLJ . Sally Fields talked about him on a film they both acted in . Still on these clips he was just being succinct and answered the questions.
Messed Carrey up a bit? How so? Put him into the hospital?
@@jamesanthony5681 Man you are dense !
@@dagnabbit6187 Messed him up? What, a 5 minute interaction in a restaurant? Who's calling who dense? No, IT'S BS.
“I hate rude behavior in a man. Won’t tolerate it.” That applies to both of these guys.
Lonesome Dove
I LOVE THIS MAN
This is a bit of genius deadpan acting by Tommy Lee Jones in this interview. A little bit under-stated, not overdone but it will make news headlines for a few years because it gives a very definite character, which is a contrast to the interviewers and their more complicated, modern interviewing technique. Very clever!
'Complicated, modern interviewing technique?'
Now that's funny!
He says it like it is. Simple. Not pretentious at all and doesn't beat around the bush. Great actor, one of my favorite, if not my very favorite.
He says it like a fucking dickhead, I'd say. They are just doing their job. If he doesn't want to do press, or can't do it without being a royal cunt diva about a movie like MIB3, well he should opt out of press in his contracts.
These questions are physically causing me pain.
This is not a interview it sounds like a interrogation.
I once saw him in a restaurant in West Texas. A small town I grew up in. I thought I knew him but I just couldn’t place him??? I kept glancing over at him occasionally trying to figure it out. Finally I asked the waitress (a friend) when she told me I was really embarrassed. About 20 minutes later he came over and introduced himself to us😮He was so sweet. So I have heard over the years that he has a certain reputation at times. I’m so glad I got to meet his really good side. I’ve been a fan ever since 🥰
he's like a war veteran grandpa. he ain't got time for silly hipster questions, lol
"Nice suit"😂
tommy lee jones is just like "what?... they paid me to say lines in a movie, so i said um..."
Love how Jones is just looking at these folks while they are trying to ask "intelligent" questions. HILARIOUS. 😂
Reminds me of when a Texas Monthly reporter was following Ty Murray around for and article and toward the end of the story the reporter asks Ty what his existential motivation was when he got on a Bull and in some respects does it become somewhat metaphysical. To which Ty replied, "What the f..k are you talking about?"
Tommy Lee Jones is badass,I really like and respect him
@Immortalfrom90 While I don't know him personally, he does seem like the real deal, a what you see is what you get kind of guy.
He’s the Badass of my dreams! I’m single, and if I can’t have TLJ, well I guess I’m gonna have a lot of cats. And dreams.
These hipster ass questions to a straightforward-Texan are hilarious😂😂😂
3:38 😂😂💀💀
99% of these questions aren't even about mib 3 wtf.
That first guy seemed like he was trying to punk Tommy Lee Jones. 😂
If it were anyone else, it would seem rude.
But Tommy is so genuine.
“My mind just can’t get over a question like that, I don’t know”
Haha
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To Tommy Lee Jones acting is not an art. Acting is a profession. Period.
I see.
Loved all his movies. Space Cowboys too.
what's this between two ferns with mickey and goofy?
This is amazing!!!
He's so chill
Just watched Jim Carey’s story about Tommy Lee and then saw the “he could not sanction their buffoonery” and died
I just believe he'd be a perfect fit to play Rupert Murdoch character.
The resemblance is uncanny!
Tommy Lee Jones is an oldschool man from San Saba county Texas, he lives on a big ranch, and does his movies and goes home. He doesn't get involved in the idiotic Hollywood garbage that goes on, he has no time for stupid shit and i totally relate to him. It's just a job to him, he does it and it's over.
My mind can not get around questions like that. I dont know. Lmaooo
The questions are just to deep. This dude is old school. Plus who knows how many interviews he's had that day. Should have kept it simple. These guys are really thinking he's going deep into agent K. Like he's fan boying on himself. Like gramps is sitting there reading fan fiction.
Matthew Reyes It's his character, he should have some inkling as to how to approach it. It's not like these questions are that deep, basically how does he relate to that character, what does he think of the other roles he's played. You don't have to be a savant to answer that shit. lol
Imagine if Jim Carrey was interviewing him
Lumberjack Bob and Speedster form Washington post had a drink after this interview.
ask him about harvard or one of the greatest college football games in history, or working on the greatest thing ever put on film "lonesome dove"!
Or whether Al Gore was boring even in college. They were roommates.
1:21 “Uh... No... no.” 🤔🤣😭