Bill Pullman Quotes

As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

Every actor or director has their ups and downs.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

I'm very passionate about art, music, drawing, acting, so I'd like to have the chance to get the larger choice regarding acting.

I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.

The theater is a kind of international language, and I like it. But I have a practical bent of mind, too. In any other field, I could make only about a tenth as much as I do acting. That's why I want to be a producer. It pays better, and you have more control.

I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television, compose songs, or write a Broadway play when you're 50.

I do remember when I was starting acting, going from one set to the next, with not much else going on in my life. And at the end of the day, you get back to your hotel room and just feel this awful loneliness, because the cameras have stopped rolling.

Long ago, I was lucky enough to shoot 'Flashpoint' and 'Durham County' at the same time. It doesn't happen often in an actor's life that you get two great parts simultaneously.

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

I think all actors experience ups and downs.

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

I think it's really important, as an actor in this business, to have another creative outlet.

I started out doing the acting, and there was always an interest in music, and then the music just took off.

As a native actor, you don't get that much chance to work in art, especially television.