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
book writing years
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.
writing thinking directors
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 know it better than someone else.
writing style kind
Usually when I'm writing, I kind of know what it is before I start writing and I write stream of consciousness style.
writing voice people
If you want anybody to have a different voice, you really have to visualize and hear the voices of all these people. Sometimes when I write with specific actors in mind, it helps.
mean independent writing
Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television.
writing helping kind
I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously.
song writing hook
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.
writing character film
Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.
song writing player
I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.
dream kids writing
Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.
writing thinking people
People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before I'm happy.
mean talking people
If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.
guy over-you stories
Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end.
careers actors
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.