Bill Paxton Quotes

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.

Bill Paxton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 17, 1955 - February 25, 2017

Topics

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Television is taking over the Internet.

Jeff Bewkes

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Some historians trace the start of the War on Terror to November 4, 1979, the day the hostages were taken in Tehran.

Stephen Rodrick

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You begin by always expecting good things to happen.

Tom Hopkins

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Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever.

Rita Moreno

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The worst job I ever had was working as a Lady Liberty sign-twirler for a tax services place, where I'd just dance and have fun. The way I talk about it makes it sounds like a fun job - but then I got a staph infection from the costume. So that was probably the worst part about it.

Ron Funches

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I love Messi with the ball at his feet: he scores goals and does all the rest, too. But Cristiano's numbers can't be ignored. It's a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.

Ronaldo

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I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.

Mary Gaitskill

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Women of color have always been kind of boxed in by the idea that the more you talk about the misogyny of your own community, the more you make that community look bad.

Mona Eltahawy

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Maybe some people have been turned off of me because I take what I'm doing pretty seriously, and I don't feel the need to charm everybody.

Miles Teller

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Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Joyce Meyer

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I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.

Jay Duplass

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I'm short on celebrations and long on getting to work.

Douglas Tompkins

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