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I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad.
Bill Pullman
Good
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Dad
,
Down
I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation.
Bill Pullman
Wife
,
Brother
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Backbone
I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent.
Bill Pullman
Time
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Down
,
Trying
I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing.
Bill Pullman
Fear
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Crisis
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Top
I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.
Bill Pullman
Lost
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Play
,
Sense
I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York.
Bill Pullman
Small
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York
,
Town
Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.
Bill Pullman
Easy
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Social
,
Hypocrisy
Theater has always been most important to my psyche.
Bill Pullman
Important
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Theater
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Psyche
There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion.
Bill Pullman
Sense
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Everyone
,
Idea
There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life.
Bill Pullman
Life
,
Living
,
Moment
There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention.
Bill Pullman
Great
,
Different
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America
Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them.
Bill Pullman
Romantic
,
Feeling
,
Find
Well, I can do certain jobs because smells don't bother me. But that means I'm usually the one at the ranch cleaning up all the manure.
Bill Pullman
Means
,
Jobs
,
Cleaning
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 Pullman
Romantic
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Fun
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Another
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Nationality:
American
Type:
Actor
Born:
December 17
, 1953
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