William Petersen
William Petersen
William Louis Petersenis an American actor and producer best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom in the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also starred in films, such as To Live and Die in L.A. and Fear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth21 February 1953
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
goodbye night years
Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.
wall years guy
I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall.
growing-up years president
I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.
dan mike stay wallace younger
On CBS, as long as I stay younger than Mike Wallace and Dan Rather, I'm OK.
binding seeking type
The (conservatives) are seeking a more binding type of communion, one that is more doctrinal,
gets sure
It's really about the evidence. It's about making sure that the toothpick gets its close-up.
good saying supposed watching work
I snuck into Bonnie and Clyde as a kid. I was underage. I wasn't supposed to be there. It's unbelievable to work with her. I'm just watching saying this is fabulous, look how good she is.
change entering folks name
The name change isn't for those of us here in New England. The name change is for those folks entering the region.
hits mass produce television understand
That's how television works, you find something that hits and you mass produce it. I understand that. I just didn't want to do it myself.
alive forgotten good work
I'd lulled myself into the insularity of competence. I'd forgotten that, to do good work as an actor, you have to keep alive that part of yourself that's rebellious, that's an outlaw, that's... that's stark, raving crazy.
hit liquor maybe
Maybe they know my name, maybe they don't, but we're going to get that damned play on, even if I have to hit a liquor store.
deal pieces
It's just two pieces of paper, ... I don't know what the big deal is.
age age-and-aging bad key maturity responsibility starting
We're getting to the age when we're starting to see that responsibility isn't such a bad thing, when we see maturity as the key to sustenance.
air crossed felt illinois state
I have to say, I'm an Illinois resident, ... But when I was a child, as we crossed the state line, we always felt the air was better up here.