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title: "37 Ifs Quotes By Billy Bob Thornton"
description: "37 Ifs quotes by Billy Bob Thornton. Plus more from Billy Bob Thornton and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-know-it-s-boring-to-say-this-but-i-always-start-with-the-script-i/)

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> [I used to put that I studied with Stella Adler on my resume. I never met Stella Adler. But if you told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-used-to-put-that-i-studied-with-stella-adler-on-my-resume-i-never/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-ve-written-it-you-know-exactly-whoever-you-re-playing-if-you/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-someone-is-talking-to-you-and-tells-you-that-you-ought-to-do/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/somewhere-along-the-line-we-stopped-believing-we-could-do-anything/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-look-at-a-character-as-a-mountain-over-there-that-you-have-to/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If something really strikes a chord with an audience, if it pops on TV, I don't mind watching it for a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-something-really-strikes-a-chord-with-an-audience-if-it-pops-on-tv/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [When I saw that show Lost I learned something. Other than one sort of big dude if you're in an airplane crash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/when-i-saw-that-show-lost-i-learned-something-other-than-one-sort-of/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie you'd think it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-michelle-pfeiffer-gave-mel-gibson-a-vial-of-blood-to-wear-around/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/they-always-say-is-there-going-to-be-a-sequel-to-bad-santa-and-you/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Movies now, you can watch a trailer for a movie on TV now and you're not sure if it's a video game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/movies-now-you-can-watch-a-trailer-for-a-movie-on-tv-now-and-you-re/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [You know, what's popular? Okay, vampires are very popular. Let me make my vampire movie. I'm not saying you can't make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/you-know-what-s-popular-okay-vampires-are-very-popular-let-me-make-my/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Everything is very convenient now and it would be real nice if somehow people started going back to the movie theater. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/everything-is-very-convenient-now-and-it-would-be-real-nice-if/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/directing-is-a-big-responsibility-to-take-on-i-think-i-m-only-good-at/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [When you're a director, for two years or at least a year and a half, that's what your life is. So if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/when-you-re-a-director-for-two-years-or-at-least-a-year-and-a-half/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [These days movies are cut very quickly and sort of fragmented and I tend to do slower moving stories where people develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/these-days-movies-are-cut-very-quickly-and-sort-of-fragmented-and-i/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-ve-really-dreamed-of-doing-television-all-of-us-do-television/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/being-perfect-is-not-about-that-scoreboard-out-there-it-s-not-about/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [There was a time when I could walk down the street, Hollywood Boulevard or Beverly Drive, and somebody would come up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/there-was-a-time-when-i-could-walk-down-the-street-hollywood/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-think-i-fully-commit-myself-to-any-role-to-the-extent-to-which-i/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [Now, if you want to do realistic, kind of heavier acting stuff, you do it on Amazon or Netflix or whatever or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/now-if-you-want-to-do-realistic-kind-of-heavier-acting-stuff-you-do/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/when-i-was-coming-up-in-the-80s-television-if-you-were-on-television/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If you looked in magazines ... you never see me in those out-on-the-town pages. I'm either at home playing with the kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-looked-in-magazines-you-never-see-me-in-those-out-on-the-town/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-re-25-years-old-dressed-up-like-superman-at-a-comic-book/)

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> [If you're going to take care of your kids and pay for your house and do something good for adults, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-re-going-to-take-care-of-your-kids-and-pay-for-your-house-and/)

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> [If you want anybody to have a different voice, you really have to visualize and hear the voices of all these people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-want-anybody-to-have-a-different-voice-you-really-have-to/)

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> [When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/when-i-was-coming-up-if-you-were-on-a-tv-show-that-meant-something/)

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> [ Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. \[If\] they ain't laughing then you're screwed. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/comedy-is-harder-than-drama-because-with-comedy-you-re-expecting-a/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-attribute-all-my-success-to-ignorance-if-you-don-t-ever-think-about/)

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> [It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/it-s-not-that-i-don-t-understand-it-but-people-think-if-you-speak/)

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> [I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-always-have-an-idea-before-we-even-start-the-movie-because-if-you/)

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> [I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-always-say-if-you-re-going-to-do-a-movie-about-charles-de-gaulle/)

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> [Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/television-is-making-there-was-in-independent-film-renaissance-late/)

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> [I don't like movies that are shot on green screen much, you know. I mean, I know that's the thing to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-don-t-like-movies-that-are-shot-on-green-screen-much-you-know-i/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/nowadays-the-movies-that-people-are-going-to-see-in-the-theaters-are/)

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> [If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/if-you-re-in-the-heyday-of-rock-and-roll-and-movies-and-that-s-where/)

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> [We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/we-re-not-encouraging-idols-other-than-on-the-tv-show-you-know-and/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Billy Bob Thornton

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/robert-duvall-taught-me-years-ago-he-said-you-know-theatre-is-not/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-think-i-fully-commit-myself-to-any-role-to-the-extent-to-which-i/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/just-the-other-day-my-assistant-was-on-the-line-with-calvin-klein/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-don-t-have-a-fear-of-flying-i-have-a-fear-of-crashing/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/heavy-role-in-the-movies-that-i-ve-done-that-i-have-loved-and-fit-my/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/when-i-was-coming-up-in-the-80s-television-if-you-were-on-television/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/the-movies-i-ve-made-about-the-south-they-were-my-experience-and-it-s/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/man-i-was-drowning-in-sadness-and-angelina-she-lifted-me-right-up-out/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-ve-been-largely-an-improvisational-actor-for-most-of-my-career/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-always-have-an-idea-before-we-even-start-the-movie-because-if-you/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on television. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/people-want-the-truth-but-they-only-want-the-truth-so-they-can-talk/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/usually-when-you-re-playing-a-character-you-think-a-lot-about-their/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-ve-lived-in-california-for-half-of-my-life-it-s-weird-everyone/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [You have to really know what you're saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/you-have-to-really-know-what-you-re-saying/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/people-a-lot-of-times-say-that-you-know-it-must-be-hard-to-direct/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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