Billy Bob Thornton

I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.

— Billy Bob Thornton

They were on the set of Bad Santa, but I tried to keep the headphones away from them. My kids have seen…

— Billy Bob Thornton

If you love somebody let them know every day.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I'll always consider myself a Southerner. A lot of people put California down, but my dreams were realized there.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Reality shows are usually created by people doing and saying stupid things.

— Billy Bob Thornton

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…

— Billy Bob Thornton

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.

— Billy Bob Thornton

If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.

— Billy Bob Thornton

You can get famous for doing something stupid and empty, but you do something stupid and empty and you're already famous, you…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I don't see anything wrong with a cell phone. That's great. You have a flat tire in the middle of the night;…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Sometimes I'm playing somebody that I may have a problem with. Your job as an actor is not to go only play…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice.

— Billy Bob Thornton

If you want anybody to have a different voice, you really have to visualize and hear the voices of all these people.…

— Billy Bob Thornton

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

Basically there are no stars anymore. The audience is the star.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe…

— Billy Bob Thornton

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

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as…

— Billy Bob Thornton

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

When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I have type AB- blood, which is the rarest blood type. It's less than 1 percent of the whole population of the…

— Billy Bob Thornton