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
doors casting directors
I used to put that I studied with Stella Adler on my resume. I never met Stella Adler. But if you told a casting director you studied with Stella Adler all the sudden they'd let you in the door.
stars guy here-and-there
I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, [but] I wouldn't consider myself the guy you'd want to hire to do Star Trek.
dad hug my-dad
My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.
teenager book old-testament
When I was a teenager, I read the bible cover-to-cover, and I found the Old Testament, it's a pretty bloody history book.
kids church pay
A lot of kids, when they go to church, they don't really pay much attention to what they're saying or whatever.
mom encouragement sides
My mom is such a big supporter of mine. She still is, and always was. So I got the sort of encouragement from that side of the family.
book writing years
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.
stars fun rock-and-roll
I worked as a roadie in the rock and roll business which was great fun. Very little money, very little food and the whole thing about the roadie's lifestyle is great because all the groupies have to go through the roadies to get to the rock stars. It's not necessarily true.
stars thinking actors
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 wanted to be an actor.
father kids way
I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.
mom years psychics
My mom was a psychic. And there's a movie called The Gift that I'd written years ago with Cate Blanchett which is loosely based on my mom.
girl drama school
I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe I could make a grade above a C in something.
short-love children real
You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind.
guy nervous
I actually am a phobic twitchy sort of nervous guy.