Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 August 1955
CityHot Springs, AR
CountryUnited States of America
different world
Now the idea in the movie world is to make things the same. And in the TV world, the idea is to do something different, so... that's why I'm here!
character
To tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.
character
As most characters are that I play, there's a lot of me in it, anyway.
independent character film
The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.
lawyer
I always wanted to play a lawyer.
moving
I tend to like to move on. I don't sit around and dwell on things much.
thinking audience
You never know what an audience is going to think about something. The ones that the audience doesn't get, I tend to let them go. I don't like to dwell on them too much.
work-out people important
The ones that work out really and ones that become something to the audience, those are the most important people.
care i-care audience
The audience, that's who I care about.
mind audience
If something really strikes a chord with an audience, if it pops on TV, I don't mind watching it for a few minutes.
thinking underdog
I don't think anybody chooses to be an underdog.
acting kind realistic
Now, if you want to do realistic, kind of heavier acting stuff, you do it on Amazon or Netflix or whatever or HBO.
independent giving film
Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.
fun memories thinking
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 [laughs]. You're not really supposed to have one when you're 12, but I did, so I first game I struck out 10 batters. That's possibly my fondest memory.