Bill Pullman Quotes

I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, 'This would be the death of me. I'll be a cesspool of niceness.' It doesn't feed me.

Bill Pullman

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• For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.

  

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• I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.

  

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• I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.

  

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• There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.

  

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• If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.

  

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• When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.

  

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• One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.

  

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• Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

  

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• Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.

  

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• I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.

  

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• I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows me to have, which means I'm home until my kids go off to college. I value that time.

  

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• I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

  

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• Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

  

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• I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

  

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• I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, 'This would be the death of me. I'll be a cesspool of niceness.' It doesn't feed me.

  

  Bill Pullman
  • Death
  • Dad