I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!
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.
I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability.
I liked seeing myself in a different costumes and doing different actions. It's a chance to be something you're not.
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.
I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.
I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.
In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.
It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set.
Well, directing myself meant there was one less star I had to deal with! Really, it was great. It was a big departure for me but I had a great time.
When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.
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 gravitate towards things that you would get off on.
On September 11 2002, he and James Cameron were on a ship in the North Atlantic, directly above the wreck of the Titanic when they learned about the events of the World Trade Center.
He learned to speak German while he was preparing for his part in the Pat Benatar video, "Shadows of the Night."
His first job in the film industry was as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
He appeared on Limp Bizkit's video clip for the song "Eat You Alive," on September 2003.
He is the father of two children. His son, James Paxton, is born in 1994 and his daughter, Lydia, is born on December 19, 1997.
His nicknames are Wild Bill and Knuckles.
Bill stars in a commercial for Direct TV as his character from Twister. (2006)
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