Quotes from Bill Paxton

On the Internet, on IMDB, they've got that my middle name as Archibald. I don't have a middle name! My father doesn't like middle names.

It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth.

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

I've had a career that is kind of under the radar, but it sure is varied, and I've been so blessed to be able to get paid to do something I love to do.

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

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

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