Bill Paxton Quotes
My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
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Making music is fantastic.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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All of us grow.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.
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More than 50 percent of kids who play an instrument go on to college, yet music education programs at the inner city public schools who need them most continue to be hit hard with budget cuts.
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When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful but is always going to create waves.
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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I was slinging whatever I could get my hands on. Whether it was chronic, whether it was crack.
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In the domain of art there is no light without heat.
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My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
