Bill Paxton

I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art,…

— Bill Paxton

There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch…

— Bill Paxton

I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability.

— Bill Paxton

Stop your grinnin and drop your linen

— Bill Paxton

In our game, it's your vanity that keeps you in shape. I've got a little gym set up, and I ride a…

— Bill Paxton

I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.

— Bill Paxton

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I…

— Bill Paxton

Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I…

— Bill Paxton

It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer…

— Bill Paxton

A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I…

— Bill Paxton

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.

— Bill Paxton

We mystify the art of moviemaking, but it's not amystical science. You take a good screenplay, put a group togetherand you hammer…

— Bill Paxton

My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.

— Bill Paxton

I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!

— Bill Paxton

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

— Bill Paxton

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.

— Bill Paxton

I think I got an Instamatic camera when I was 8 years old, and ever since then, I've liked to record things.…

— Bill Paxton

I've had a career that is kind of under the radar, but it sure is varied, and I've been so blessed to…

— Bill Paxton

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

— Bill Paxton

I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of…

— Bill Paxton

It's easy to get jaded. It's easy to get lazy. It's easy to get too self-centric, like, 'Why me? What about my…

— Bill Paxton

What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've never had to make my living…

— Bill Paxton

Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none.

— Bill Paxton

Slow motion is so visually cinematic; when you create that, you create it for your audience, you let them have the feeling…

— Bill Paxton

Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate.

— Bill Paxton