Bill Paxton
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"William "Bill" Paxton" is an American actor and film director. He gained popularity after starring in a number of films, including Apollo 13 (film)/Apollo 13, Weird Science (film)/Weird Science, Twister (1996 film)/Twister, Aliens (film)/Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic (1997 film)/Titanic. Paxton starred in the HBO series Big Love (2006–2011) and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award/Emmy Award for the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (TV miniseries)/Hatfields & McCoys.

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God, I admire Steve Martin.

He walked up, took the yardage chart from his pocket. Examined it, didn't even look back as the caddy handed him his four iron, then he hit it a mile.

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.

The Greatest Game Ever Played.

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.

I've had a great career up until now, and I'm trying to kind of take the reigns. Unfortunately, I've seen so many actors who reach a certain prominence, and then they do a couple of films that don't get accepted by the public or are critically panned and the next thing you know, they're out the door.

I support the troops. This is tough time right now. I think a lot of people in our industry are afraid to speak out. I had a drink with Sean Penn the other night. He went over to baghdad in December just to see for himself what was going on. And that guy is as American as anybody I ever met.

It's going to be a slaughterhouse out there. But I feel pretty good. I feel I got two hits on my hands.

I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.