Bill Paxton quotes His role in 'Weird Science' (1985) Born: 05/17/1955 Country: usa

• You could say I have quite a nice-guy image as an actor and I wanted to do something new, something that might break that mold a bit. I saw how Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck were suddenly praised because they made films. I don't think you get respect as an actor in this town unless you're Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. But you get respect as a filmmaker. (Bill Paxton) [think/respect/respect]
• I support the troops. This is tough time right now. I think a lot of people in our industry are afraid to speak out. I had a drink with Sean Penn the other night. He went over to baghdad in December just to see for himself what was going on. And that guy is as American as anybody I ever met. (Bill Paxton) [support/time/right/think]
• God, I admire Steve Martin. (Bill Paxton) [god]
• I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty. (Bill Paxton) [death]
• When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level. (Bill Paxton) [start]
• I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of softballs. We're seeing more and more powerful storms, of all types, almost on a biblical level. (Bill Paxton) [more/more]
• I've had a great career up until now, and I'm trying to kind of take the reigns. Unfortunately, I've seen so many actors who reach a certain prominence, and then they do a couple of films that don't get accepted by the public or are critically panned and the next thing you know, they're out the door. (Bill Paxton) [career/take/actors/reach]
• The Greatest Game Ever Played. (Bill Paxton)
• He walked up, took the yardage chart from his pocket. Examined it, didn't even look back as the caddy handed him his four iron, then he hit it a mile. (Bill Paxton) [look]
• It's going to be a slaughterhouse out there. But I feel pretty good. I feel I got two hits on my hands. (Bill Paxton)
• When I first read the Eddie Lowery connection in the script, I thought this scenario was created because it was Disney making the movie (Bill Paxton) [connection/movie]
• You simply can't write stuff like this. It's that great for a director. (Bill Paxton) [director]
• It was inspiring work, we knew we were telling a great story and that would inspire others. (Bill Paxton)
• I saw him in his suit and I said, you're picking up where I left off. Then he said, well, don't leave off quite yet (Bill Paxton)
• This is one of those great moments in cinema. (Bill Paxton)
• I found that kind of concentration inherently dramatic. (Bill Paxton) [concentration]
• The wonderful thing about golf for a director is that it is inherently cinematic and dramatic. In a tournament the golfers are like gunslingers. (Bill Paxton) [thing/golf/director]
• We're playing these characters dead earnest. (Bill Paxton)
• At first I thought, 'Man, this bull has the life.' I was a teenage boy, I could see the advantage of that. Then I thought, 'Maybe this isn't such a good deal.' ... Sometimes he'd look at me with these eyes: Beware of what you wish for. (Bill Paxton) [advantage/look/eyes/wish]
• We are not playing these people with parody or satire. We are playing these people dead earnest. I'm a guy who's trying to do the right thing by his family and by his God. ... That's what really guided me in the role. (Bill Paxton) [people/satire/people/right]
• It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set. (Bill Paxton) [people/movie]
• I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability. (Bill Paxton) [ability]
• I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie. (Bill Paxton) [men/think/men]
• In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you. (Bill Paxton) [career]
• I liked seeing myself in a different costumes and doing different actions. It's a chance to be something you're not. (Bill Paxton) [chance]
• Well, directing myself meant there was one less star I had to deal with! Really, it was great. It was a big departure for me but I had a great time. (Bill Paxton) [time]
• People interpret things through their owns lens, just the way they do the Bible. You can find justification for just about everything in the Bible. I think man has got a great ego when it comes to his God, whatever that is. It just seems to me that someone who wants to take on God's punishment, it just seems a huge egoism to think that he should appoint himself to take care of God's punishments. (Bill Paxton) [people/bible/find/bible]
• I didn't have a normal background-I was completely demented from a very early age! (Bill Paxton) [normal/age]
• I want people to re-evaluate me. My dream would be to make films like Clint Eastwood did... You have to be a self-starter out here at a certain point. It's important to take the reigns or, otherwise, you can be regaled to obscurity so quickly. (Bill Paxton) [people/point/take]
• You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on. (Bill Paxton) [think/water]
• It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending. (Bill Paxton)

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