Stop your grinnin and drop your linen

- Bill Paxton

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

- Bill Paxton

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

- Bill Paxton

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do g…

- Bill Paxton

Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate.

- Bill Paxton

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

- Bill Paxton

A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I want people to feel like they're being p…

- Bill Paxton

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

- Bill Paxton

We mystify the art of moviemaking, but it's not amystical science. You take a good screenplay, put a group togetherand you hammer it out.

- Bill Paxton