--- title: "19 Want Quotes By Billy Bob Thornton" description: "19 Want quotes by Billy Bob Thornton. Plus more from Billy Bob Thornton and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/billy-bob-thornton-2003_children_kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want_977150.jpg" --- > [Kids won't watch older movies - they want to see what's hip right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want-to-see-what-s-hip-right-now/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/billy-bob-thornton-2003_children_kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want_977150.jpg) > [I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-director-anyway/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/billy-bob-thornton-2003_cinema_i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-d_1380058.jpg) > [The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-are-being-made-for-2-5-million/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/billy-bob-thornton-2003_budgets_the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-a_1947628.jpg) > [I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-quit-flying-years-ago-i-don-t-want-to-die-with-tourists/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/billy-bob-thornton-2003_flying_i-quit-flying-years-ago-i-don-t-want-to_1950029.jpg) > [People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/billy-bob-thornton-2003_blogs_people-want-the-truth-but-they-only-want_149313.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/billy-bob-thornton-2003_ifs_if-someone-is-talking-to-you-and-tells-y_2349431.jpg) > [You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/you-want-to-know-the-hardest-thing-about-being-smart-what-i-pretty/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/billy-bob-thornton-2003_being-smart_you-want-to-know-the-hardest-thing-about_1412960.jpg) > [Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/independent-films-now-they-want-to-give-you-2-million-to-make-it-21/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/billy-bob-thornton-2003_cinema_independent-films-now-they-want-to-give_2568864.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/billy-bob-thornton-2003_acting_now-if-you-want-to-do-realistic-kind-of_3196212.jpg) > [I can't sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-can-t-sit-through-plays-and-musical-theatre-i-just-want-to-run-up/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/billy-bob-thornton-2003_furniture_i-can-t-sit-through-plays-and-musical-th_532844.jpg) > [ I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, \[but\] I wouldn't consider… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-ve-watched-other-directors-as-an-actor-and-i-picked-up-little/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/billy-bob-thornton-2003_actors_i-ve-watched-other-directors-as-an-actor_861683.jpg) > [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/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/billy-bob-thornton-2003_actors_if-you-want-anybody-to-have-a-different_1795935.jpg) > [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/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/billy-bob-thornton-2003_80s_television-is-making-there-was-in-indepe_2216719.jpg) > [My process started when I was born. The process is life experience. I believe that what makes you an artist, or at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/my-process-started-when-i-was-born-the-process-is-life-experience-i/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/billy-bob-thornton-2003_art_my-process-started-when-i-was-born-the-p_956315.jpg) > [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/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/billy-bob-thornton-2003_contests_we-re-not-encouraging-idols-other-than-o_344890.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/billy-bob-thornton-2003_actors_i-ve-really-dreamed-of-doing-television_715701.jpg) > [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/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/billy-bob-thornton-2003_attributes_i-attribute-all-my-success-to-ignorance_534220.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-never-expected-to-be-a-movie-star-it-s-not-that-i-didn-t-want-to-be/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/billy-bob-thornton-2003_actors_i-never-expected-to-be-a-movie-star-it-s_2215944.jpg) > [Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/sometimes-we-don-t-want-the-bad-guy-to-get-caught-because-otherwise/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/billy-bob-thornton-2003_bad-guy_sometimes-we-don-t-want-the-bad-guy-to-g_2280905.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/billy-bob-thornton/#itemlist", "name": "19 Want Quotes By Billy Bob Thornton", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kids won't watch older movies - they want to see what's hip right now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Bob Thornton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want-to-see-what-s-hip-right-now/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/billy-bob-thornton-2003_children_kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want_977150.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/billy-bob-thornton-2003_children_kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want_977150.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/billy-bob-thornton-2003_children_kids-won-t-watch-older-movies-they-want_977150.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kids won't watch older movies - they want to see what's hip right now.” — Billy Bob Thornton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Bob Thornton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-director-anyway/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/billy-bob-thornton-2003_cinema_i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-d_1380058.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/billy-bob-thornton-2003_cinema_i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-d_1380058.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/billy-bob-thornton-2003_cinema_i-m-not-really-a-guy-who-wants-to-be-a-d_1380058.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.” — Billy Bob Thornton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Bob Thornton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-are-being-made-for-2-5-million/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/billy-bob-thornton-2003_budgets_the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-a_1947628.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/billy-bob-thornton-2003_budgets_the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-a_1947628.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/billy-bob-thornton-2003_budgets_the-great-movies-that-i-want-to-do-now-a_1947628.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.” — Billy Bob Thornton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I quit flying years ago. 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