Billy Campbell Quotes

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• Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I…
• The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window.…
• The mood was terrible. You could see it in everybody's eyes. The body language was just defeated. When they put me in I was hoping…
• Vancouver is one of my favorite places on earth. It's gray and rainy there a lot of the time, but for some reason, even though…
• I shampoo only once a week or so, with tree tea oil shampoo. And when I slap moisturizer on my face - just some stuff…
• I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call 'indicating,' when you…
• When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.
• I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of 'The Rocketeer,' with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.
• I would make a horrible politician, because I wouldn't enjoy my work.
• I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't call attention to…
• The only thing better than going to Pitcairn in the first place, is going again.
• The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.
• To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling - they call it slow-burn storytelling.
• A great deal of my battle, as an actor, is to whittle away the things that make me self-conscious and try to trick myself into…
• I almost always do things that I like, in some form or fashion. Every once in awhile that means that I don't think the script…
• I don't have any complex plans for playing a character. I think all I try to do is not make too many bad guy faces…
• I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to…
• I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander'…
• I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are…
• I would love to see a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' I'd love to see that! I don't know that I would be in it. I…

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