Billy Zane
Billy Zane
William George "Billy" Zane, Jr.is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Hughie in the thriller Dead Calm, Kit Walker / The Phantom in the superhero film The Phantom, Caledon Hockley in the epic romantic disaster film Titanic, and for his television role as John Wheeler in the serial drama series Twin Peaks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 February 1966
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I'm a superhero in disguise as a ne'er-do-well cad.
I would love to do a comedy. The primary thing is complexity. The reason I play so many dark characters is because there is room for the unexpected.
I'm enjoying 40. Old enough to know better, young enough not to care.
A real man makes his own luck,
Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of the universe.
I love the fact that in the cancer universe you have a lot of money going towards research, but this is about cancer support. It allows people to receive information to facilitate their healing. It's a revelation and just phenomenal.
A wig is a wig is a wig.
I trust my instincts.
With me it's always about first impressions.
Celebrity and charity have been bedfellows for many years. The key is to try and choose practical, sound and effective ones. There is no shortage of solicitation for endorsement, so you have to really know what you're getting behind and be passionate about it. In this case, aside from just being a spokesperson, they're benefiting a form of expression that is dear to me, painting.
One who knows nothing can understand nothing
For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression.
I think the Titanic disaster has parallels today. The closest think I can think of is the silicon chip.. We're all kind of bowing to this computer god, thinking it's going to fix everything and we're geniuses for inventing this. And, you know, I just think we should pay attention to disasters of the past.
I've always had an artistic hand. I took on paint when I started falling in love with the abstract expressionists. I approached it from a physical standpoint, but I've also been honing my compositional eye through film.