Oh, I’m nerdy about science fiction and fantasy and graphic novels and reading, and I’m nerdy about board games.
BILLY CAMPBELL
BILLY CAMPBELL
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I may be a little long in the tooth to play ‘The Rocketeer.’ But I would love to be a part of that in some form or fashion.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell The kind of people that love ‘The Rocketeer’ are the kind of people that love good storytelling and innocence and a better world, so to speak, so they’re almost always nice people to bump into.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II This is one of the ways in which television can actually be good, and even better than the movies, because it gives you a chance to tell a long story.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell Everything about acting is a challenge. I’m self-conscious. You couldn’t do anything to cause me to be more self-conscious than to stick a camera in my face and have 60 people standing behind it, waiting for me to perform.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell Four key words–helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.
Bonnie BlairBonnie Blair I would love to see a sequel to ‘The Rocketeer.’ I’d love to see that! I don’t know that I would be in it.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell Some of the best auditions I’ve ever had have been when my agent called and said, ‘They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.’
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling – they call it slow-burn storytelling.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window. They used white linen tablecloths in the dining car in those days, and real silver.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell If I ever get married, I’d like to pick a place so hard to reach that only a few people would turn up-like the North Pole.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you’re on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don’t resolve your issues it literally could mean – and this would be an extreme circumstance – the sinking of the ship.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell I don’t have any complex plans for playing a character. I think all I try to do is not make too many bad guy faces and not ever try to seem too good. I just try to put it in the middle somewhere.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell I pretend I’m the producer and I think, “If I was making this movie, would I cast myself in this part?,” and if that doesn’t feel right to me, then I don’t even go audition for it.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell My favorite board game is a board game I’m working on right now. It’s a game of Napoleonic era naval warfare, and it’s going to be fun.
Billy CampbellBilly Campbell The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
Ben HoganBen Hogan If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.
Ben CrenshawBen Crenshaw We hadn’t lost morale. But when you fight for four quarters, it’s tough to always bounce back. The offense kept us in the game the last two weeks and to get out with a win feels really good.
Barry AlvarezBarry Alvarez What if?’ history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day – including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Montgomery – believed that the Double Cross operation had played a pivotal role in the victory.
Ben MacintyreBen Macintyre For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
Ben HechtBen Hecht The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
Ben CrenshawBen Crenshaw I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
Ben HoganBen Hogan I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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