I think my stuff's kind of obsolete now, you know? I'm making Model Ts or something, and everybody else is making spaceships. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these… — 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
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… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music,… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I've been married five times, and people think that's some bizarre thing, yet I've got buddies who refuse to get married 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
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
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
I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Well I loved Little League; so all the memories are pretty fond but I broke my thumb. That wasn't a lot of… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, somebody's mid-forties, you think they're an old man. Then you grow up and it's like, I was a… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50… — 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
You never know what an audience is going to think about something. The ones that the audience doesn't get, I tend to… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now. — 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
I think maybe I was instrumental in taking the stereotype out of the Southern actor is some ways. I would hope my… — 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
They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago… — 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
![“Well I loved Little League; so all the memories are pretty fond but I broke my thumb. That wasn't a lot of fun. I think probably the first time I pitched [I started out as a first baseman] and the first game I pitched in Little League, I struck out 10 batters. I had a curve ball a little early…” quote by Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8cc/billy-bob-thornton-2003_balls_well-i-loved-little-league-so-all-the-me_1414477.jpg)
