'You don't know shit about the shit we're in here!' Gary Dixon (Owen Wilson) in Anaconda. That sentence pretty accurately sums up most people's appreciation.
Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, (the eldest) and (the youngest). Expelled from St. Mark's School of Texas (Dallas, TX) in the tenth grade, Wilson finished his sophomore year at Thomas Jefferson School and then headed to a military academy in New Mexico.
He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he met his future mentor and friend,. They wrote a screenplay, (1996), and sent it to their family friend, screenwriter, who sent it to producer, who gave it to, who gave the Texans $5 million dollars to make it into a feature film. Despite critical praise, (1996) only grossed one million dollars. After making the film, Wilson moved to Hollywood, setting up house with his two brothers and Anderson. Fairly quickly, Owen found himself acting in a series of big budget films, such as (1996), (1999), (1997) and (1999).