I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I never expected to be a movie star. It's not that I didn't want to be, I didn't think about it. I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
People over 40 stay home and watch television, that's why there are no movies out there. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I think television's amazing, and I'm going to do more of it. I love it. I think it's a great place to… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
There are rules in movies. I did a movie playing a bad cop who was a heroin addict but they wouldn't let… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I don't like movies that are shot on green screen much, you know. I mean, I know that's the thing to do,… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
So we are headed for a time when there won't be anything but movies that are essentially made like video games, and… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
These days movies are cut very quickly and sort of fragmented and I tend to do slower moving stories where people develop… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If you've written it you know exactly; whoever you're playing if you've written it you already know it. As a matter of… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Nowadays the movies that people are going to see in the theaters are the big-event movies, like Spider-Man or something, or they're… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If you can make a color show or movie seem like it's in black-and-white, then you've done a really good job. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Now the idea in the movie world is to make things the same. And in the TV world, the idea is to… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The only times you'll see me in terms of the movie business is when I have to go to the premieres of… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Movies now, you can watch a trailer for a movie on TV now and you're not sure if it's a video game… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie you'd think it was… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles that maybe… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on television. They… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
People a lot of times say that you know it must be hard to direct yourself. That's a myth. It's easier to direct yourself.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
