Thomas Jane Net Worth

Thomas Jane's Quotes

• In an Indian film that I did when I was 17 years old, and that's how I got into acting. I was living in Maryland, and some Indians came to Washington DC looking for a blonde kid to appear in an Indian film. It was like a Romeo and Juliet love story between a white American and an Indian girl. They wanted me to stay in India and I did another film over there, they gave me an apartment, a car and I was an Indian movie star at 17. But then I decided to return to America, studied acting, did a lot of theatre.
• "You gotta start somewhere. Whether it's indie film or whatever. Anything's a start, wherever it happens to fall. But, you can't just come out of nowhere and jump into an $80 million film, I don't think you'll ever see that happen. But I've always wanted to do a picture like this." - On his indie career start and Deep Blue Sea (1999).
• I think that leading man status opens up a number of doors for you and allows you the opportunity to do a number of different kinds of roles, so I don't see myself leaving behind character work just because I can headline movies. But it's certainly more interesting to be where I'm at in my life now, to be a more integral part of the process of creating a film and taking less of a backseat and more of a front seat driver opportunity is interesting to me now.
• "I try to work with people who are better than me. I for a long time considered myself a journeyman actor where I was learning my skills and honing my craft and waiting for the opportunity for something like this (The Punisher (2004)) to come along. I'm not good at vocalizing what my exact approach is, but I believe in using whatever works and making a sort of amalgamation of a number of different styles or methods to get the job done. I think that's what a lot of film acting is about. It's sort of a mongrel like approach these days. We use a number of different theories or beliefs to get you where you need to go. It's a personal experience. I don't believe in one particular system or method or another." - On his approach to acting.
• "It was about six months of brutal training, twice a day at the gym, a Navy Seal guy would come over to my house and take me to the firing range, firing live rounds down the range, primary and secondary weapons. Learning edge weapons training, one man military incursions, hand to hand combat, Filipino martial arts as well as Israeli martial arts. It was brutal." - On his physical training for The Punisher (2004).

Interesting Facts about Thomas Jane

1. Gained between 20 to 40 pounds, and then underwent brutal and rigorous work-out sessions to turn that into muscle weight, all for the role of The Punisher (2004).
2. Former son-in-law of Rutger Hauer.
3. Like Dolph Lundgren in the earlier The Punisher (1989) movie, he dyed his hair jet black to match the original comic book character.
4. In a 2005 interview, he claimed that The Punisher (2004) was both the most fun and the most physically exhausting movie he has done.
5. Is a fan of the alternative band The White Stripes.
6. He has said, "I'm part Irish and Scottish, a little German Jew on my mother's side and some Blackfoot Indian on my father's.".
7. Always signs autographs.
8. Former stepfather of Patricia Arquette's son, Enzo Rossi. Former brother-in-law of Alexis Arquette, Richmond Arquette, David Arquette and Rosanna Arquette. Former son-in-law of Lewis Arquette and Brenda Denaut. Former grandson-in-law of Cliff Arquette and Julie Harrison.
9. Engaged in 2002, he wed Patricia Arquette at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice on June 24, 2006. Their daughter, Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane, a.k.a. Harlow Jane, was born on February 20, 2003. Arquette and Jane divorced in 2011.
10. Co-wrote his own comic book miniseries, Bad Planet.
11. Has a close relationship with Steve Niles, a horror comic book writer. His likeness has been used for Niles' supernatural detective, Cal MacDonald, in an attempt to put him in the role for a proposed film.
12. Enjoys playing guitar.
13. Has starred in three movies based on Stephen King's novels: Dreamcatcher (2003), The Mist (2007) and 1922 (2017).
14. Was considered for the part of Kainan in Outlander (2008).
15. Was Zack Snyder's first choice for Edward Blake/The Comedian in Watchmen (2009), but he had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts with Dark Country (2009).
16. Was very interested in playing the lead in Jonah Hex (2010). He even voiced the character in the animated short DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010).
17. Was offered a chance to reprise the role of Frank Castle in Punisher: War Zone (2008), but turned it down.
18. Founded production company Raw Studios along with Steve Niles and Timothy Bradstreet.
19. Graduated from Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School in Montgomery County, Maryland.
20. Quit drinking alcohol after being arrested for drunk driving in March 2008.