Bill Paxton Quotes & Sayings

“It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set.”

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

“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.”

“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 needs?' It has nothing to do with that. But you see, you are the thing you are selling whether you are a director or an actor in this business. It's very tough. The town doesn't realize that its greatest resource is its people.”

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

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

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

“I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.”

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

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