Tragic Death Today: Bill Paxton dead at 61

Bill Paxton

Born: May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Date of Death 26 February 2017 (complications from surgery)

Married to: Louise Newbury (12 May 1987 – present) (2 children)
Kelly Rowan (2 October 1979 – 22 July 1980) (divorced)

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.

[on auditioning for The Doors (1991)] I read my ass off. At the time I was doing Navy Seals (1990) and I flew up with short hair and a mustache to read for the lead. [Oliver Stone’s] response was, “Well, I just don’t see it”.

[on James Cameron] This guy has more integrity than anyone I ever met in my life.

Anyone who’s worked very hard on a craft or an art to get a certain precision in terms of execution and performance wants to get past all that stuff that holds you up – your ego, all the doubts.
[on his experiences as a director] I have great empathy for my actors. They trust me because they know that I have been on the front end of the camera.

Aliens 1986 dir. James Cameron Starring Sigourney Weaver Carrie Henn

Near Dark 1987 dir. Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Adrian Pasdar Jenny Wright Paxton

Predator 2 1990 dir. Stephen Hopkins Cast Danny Glover Gary Busy

The Dark Backward 1991 dir. Adam Rifkin Starring Judd Nelson Paxton

Tombstone 1993 dir. George P. Cosmatos Starring Kurt Russell Val Kilmer

True Lies 1994 dir. Cameron Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger Jamie Lee Curtis

Titanic 1997 dir. Cameron starring Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio

U-571 2000 dir. Jonathan Mostow starring Matthew McConaughey Paxton Kietel

MILLION DOLLAR ARM 2014 dir. Craig Gillespie Stars: Jon Hamm Lake Bell

APOLLO 13 1995 dir. Ron Howard Stars: Tom Hanks Bill Paxton

EDGE OF TOMORROW
2014
dir. Doug Liman
Stars:
Tom Cruise
Emily BluntGrindhouse
2007
dir. Quentin Tarantino
Rodriguez
Starring
Cheech Marin
Kurt RussellWEIRD SCIENCE
1985
dir. John Hughes
Starring:
Kelly LeBrock
Ilan Mitchell-SmithHAYWIRE
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Gina Carano
Ewan McGregor

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