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.

president in the television comedy series 1600 Penn like in the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day. His father's family descends from England and his maternal grandparents immigrated from the Netherlands. Pullman was nominated for the 2002 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play.

He has starred in a number of plays and is also a Jury Member for Filmaka. He has since gone on to star in other films including Spaceballs Independence Day Lost Highway Casper and While You Were Sleeping. William James "Bill" Pullman (born December 17 1953) is an American film television and stage actor.