Bill Pullman

Actor

1953-12-17

Bill Pullman is an American actor known for film and television roles including Lone Starr in Spaceballs, President Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day, and the lead in The Sinner.

Quotes by Bill Pullman

With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite.
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I think, when I'm 73, I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth.
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I've seen a lot of actors in a lot of different stages of their careers, and I've seen it come and go. People get a sense of entitlement from it. And that's when it starts getting you in trouble.
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I'm not a gardener. I don't have the consistency for gardening, and I have barely enough for an orchard. I don't embarrass myself. You have to be there tending and weeding. With orchards, you can go through negligent periods and recover.
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I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.
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Globalisation is happening so fast it's confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened.
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My interest in theater really began in the '70s when American realism wasn't really in favor. I really dreaded going into a play that had a toaster that worked. I just didn't want to see that.
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Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.
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Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them.
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I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York.
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That massiveness of bureaucracy at the VA is chronic and has been chronic.
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We're all part of humanity. And maybe there's something about the worst people, with the most destructive, warped minds, that is just an acceleration of something that is in quite a few of us.
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It's during wartime that innovations happen.
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It's hard to explain to people how, if you're really capable of providing the right professional work environment, it allows you to get more personal.
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Some of the shoes I have are from movies - I have my workman's boots from 'While You Were Sleeping' - while others are shoes I've had forever.
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