I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
A lot of people are doing television now. Great, legendary actors are doing movies on cable and stuff now, and you can't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing in the world to be in a business where it's all about people accepting you, and you have… — 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
If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it,… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
LA has its own vibe. It has a charm that a lot of people overlook sometimes. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
There was a time when I could walk down the street, Hollywood Boulevard or Beverly Drive, and somebody would come up to… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Everything is very convenient now and it would be real nice if somehow people started going back to the movie theater. And… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I mean the most important thing you can have as an actor, writer, director, or whatever you are, poet or whatever it… — 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
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
I'm really influenced by Southern novelists, not many movie people. More like John Faulkner, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck,… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears. — 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 Blade, One… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
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 Image
The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
