Tommy Lee Jones

[mariposalabrown]

India7, I feel a little bad because it's not like we became best friends on the set or anything, but let me see.....

He smelled really clean, I don't know what he washes his clothes with, but it was just a good smell. It might have been that with a mix of a good cologne, but he didn't seem like he wore cologne. Most guys are stinky on Texas film sets in the summer, and he wasn't hanging out in an air conditioned trailer all day, he was sweating with us, he just smelled clean. Detergent clean.

He was always super busy, but took the time to make sure that everyone was having a good time, and would eat at the catering van with everyone else. He'd see us eating bananas and salads and say "Girl, you're skinny, look at you! Eat a cheeseburger! Have you tasted these?" That kind of stuff. Flirty nice, not sleazy.

Oh! A guy friend of mine actually got a decent speaking role, and when Tommy would help him (sadly, my role did not require TLJ coaching) he was giving him all this advice and then my friend mentioned that he was from Oklahoma and Tommy threw his hands up and said "I can't work with this person". In jest of course, but if you don't know, there is a HUGE rivalry between UT and OU, and it was a movie about UT, so he was in character, and it was adorable.

He's pretty tall, over 6' with boots, the only bad thing I can say is that he wore great Wranglers, but terrible Eddie Bauer type camp shirts, those short sleeved khaki things. However, it works for his age. I could write on and on, but it's all gonna be more things like this. He's got a bunch of land he lives on outside San Antonio, but I've never been there or anything.

And he's hot in that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Not as hot as Newman, but pretty damn close!!

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mariposalabrown said:

He was always super busy, but took the time to make sure that everyone was having a good time, and would eat at the catering van with everyone else. He'd see us eating bananas and salads and say "Girl, you're skinny, look at you! Eat a cheeseburger! Have you tasted these?" That kind of stuff. Flirty nice, not sleazy.

Well, I'm in love. And him smelling good... well swoon me!!!

I've been trying to get a hold of The Executioner's Song as a rental, but have not been able to locate it anywhere. Has anyone seen it? I really liked the book (as much as you can "like" a book on that subject I guess) and would really like to see what he did with that role.

[mariposalabrown]

I just put so many TLJ movies in my Netflix queue because I feel like I need to see everything now!

ETA: You better believe we ate those cheeseburgers. And ribs. And smoked turkey....... best catering ever. That's inportant for starving actors.

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Two words: Lonesome Dove. So frickin' awesome!!!! I cannot imagine that TLJ fans have not seen Lonesome Dove, but if you like him (or, hell, if you don't) and have yet to see it, I urge you to do so ASAP. The whole thing is filled with great performances from great actors but TLJ and Robert Duvall are perfect.

[india7]

peggylane said:

You guys should hunt around on the internet for clips of him on One Life to Live. I did a project a few years ago that required watching endless old soaps, and one day at the Musuem of Television and Radio in New York, I got quite the suprise when I saw a very young TLJ appear on my screen.

I am miles ahead of you! A few years ago, just for kicks and grins, I went to the Museum on Television and Radio and watched his old OLTL clips! I was in heaven!

mariposalabrown, thank you!! That was an awesome little recap! Hey, I didn't realize you were IN the movie - I'm sorry, for whatever reason, I thought you had worked on the crew. Who were you in the movie? Can we see you anywhere? (Awwww, darn, now it means I have to go get this!! Heh heh heh heh...)

Hey Kafka! Here's a bit more interesting trivia - his teenage daughter Victoria's middle name is Kafka!

I may as well get this embarrassing confession off my chest - I fairly ran to the video store when Under Siege came out on VHS! I, know, a Steven Segal movie in my grasp... but TLJ was an awesome villan! Hey, you've gotta balance out the Lonsome Dove with the cheesey crap once in a while!

But he smells gooooood..... Mmmmm!

[pamtig]

I have to confess that I dated a guy for almost 2 years simply because he looked so much like TLJ- Well, maybe that wasn't the only reason, but it sure helped me overlook all the things I didn't like about him-

[jennipoo]

Love, love, love. Man oh man, that scene in Space Cowboys in the locker room made me breathe funny. He has all my favorite qualities in a guy. Yum.

[mariposalabrown]

Pfft. Don't rent the movie looking for me! I was just a friend of the cheerleaders sometimes, and a girlfriend of boys at parties sometimes. Featured extra with one line left on the cutting room floor. Nothing like getting a degree in acting and studying Shakespeare to walk past a camera 80 times in a tiny skirt. But hey, it pays!

One of the cheerleaders was a big bitch and acted like she was Julia Roberts or something. Please. I think she'd been in a Clean and Clear commercial.

My agent is a friend of Tommy's, and I interned at my agency so they always made sure that I got into anything that came along. When he would call, he wouldn't say his name, just "How you doin, darlin?" Ok, I just got all giddy remembering that. Ah, the good old days.

And I'll stop with my TLJ stories because that's pretty much all I've got. If someone wants to start a William Shatner or Sandra Bullock thread, I got boring stories for them too

[india7]

mariposalabrown said:

When he would call, he wouldn't say his name, just "How you doin, darlin?" Ok, I just got all giddy remembering that. Ah, the good old days.

Ohhhh!!! Oh, STOP!! I love the voice, I love the "darlin"s that he tosses out sometimes in movies, so I think I would have died on the spot if he'd said that to me on the phone! (My favorite? The way he'd call Susan Sarandon "Cherie" in The Client! I had to be mopped up after that!)

Actually, my ex and I used to have a joke that I'd leave him for TLJ in a heartbeat, but we had an imaginary scenario of how he'd show up: In a big ol' white stretch limo with Texas steer horns on the front, and a horn that blares "Yellow Rose of Texas"! Then TLJ would lean out and holler at me, "Yeee haaah! Get in here now, darlin'! I got a big ol' Texas rattlesnake in my pants for you!" Sorry, dorky I know, but it was a goofy scenario/fantasy that cracked us both up to no end! He'd do something to annoy me and I'd just say, "Remember - I can leave you for Tommy Lee Jones...." and he'd immediately do the imitation - the horn, the YEEE HAAA, git in here, darlin', etc. Guess ya had to be there! (Hope that's not offensive to anyone from Texas - you can make fun of NY as retaliation, honest!)

mariposalabrown, no worries hon! I would absolutely rent it to see you! Sure, he's my main draw, but if you're a bonus, why not!

psltig - hell, I'd date someone who looked like him in a minute!

JenniPoo - Oh, don't remind me about the Space Cowboys locker room scene! Rowwwrrrr!! I'm at work, here, I have to concentrate!

[india7]

Sorry to double post, but I know editing doesn't bump the posts up to the top, aaaand...

The Client is on at 8:00!!! Remember when I said my favorite line that made me melt is how he calls Susan Sarandon "Cherie" in that voice? YOWZA!!! (*Hoses self off*)

Bye, luvvies - I've got some droolin' to do!