I haven't met him yet. He has a dark sensibility, but a way of turning the darkness into a different aspect. Like he says in the Lemony Snicket books, 'This is a sad story, so if you don't like sad stories, don't read this one.'
Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.
There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion.
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.
Bill's father was a doctor and his mother a nurse, both passed away in 1992.
Bill wears his dad's shoes to auditions for good luck and owns more than 30 pairs of shoes, including his workman's shoes from the movie While You Were Sleeping in which he starred with Sandra Bullock.
Bill loves construction and "a good hardware store". He built his home in which he and his family live now in California.
When Bill was in South America in 1996 promoting Independence Day some people there though he was the President of the United States.
Bill has six brothers and sisters and he owns a ranch in Montana with one of his brothers.
Bill has won several awards including a Tony on Broadway and the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Bill is married with three children, his wife Tamara is a dancer.
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