SantaBarbara's blog

Tommy Lee Jones being Interviewed on the Red Carpet 

Prolific actor Tommy Lee Jones can't name his favorite film role. “I don't think that way,” he answered while he strolled down the evening's red carpet with a bit of a grin. He's a professional, he states, working at whatever role he finds himself in. During the discussion and movie clip viewing, Jones was intense. He leaned forward to raptly watch the film clips and sat on the edge of his seat to dicuss reading every written work describing Howard Hughes for one of his film roles. Jones learned how to drive a bulldozer before The Coal Miner's Daughter. He read Cormac McCarthy's book before filming No Country for Old Men, and commented on the sensitivity of the adaptation used for the film.

And he's no stranger to Santa Barbara, having first come to the town around 30 years ago to play polo, a sport in which he's still active. What he doesn't actively do, though, is conjecture as to what makes a a good Western. In any case, Jones is being recognized this year with an Oscar nomination for his role in In the Valley of Elah and awarded with one of the festival's esteemed accolades, presented by Fugitive Director Andrew Davis.

by Felicia Tomasko

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Subject:

Comment: *

• Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
• Allowed HTML tags: <p><b> <br> <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <div> <span> <embed> <param> <object> <script><i><b><u>
• Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
• Insert Google Map macro.
• Images can be added to this post.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

What code is in the image?: *

Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.