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
fun mean thinking
They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago they would talk about, you know, we're going to do a sequel to that but it was never serious. And they said 'Would you do it?' and I said out of all the movies I've done, that was a lot of fun, and maybe I would do a sequel if it ever came up and it made sense, but I said I don't think that's ever going to happen.
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.
sad-and-happy feelings kind
I'm kind of sad and happy all the time. Just kind of like feeling, you know, full of life and confident, and at the same time terrified. I'm all of those things at once.
smart suspense want
You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's no suspense.
character play acting
Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.
thinking people speak
It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter.
home people watches
People over 40 stay home and watch television, that's why there are no movies out there.
mind records temples
Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds.
lines assistants shops
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.
basketball sports baseball
I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.
rocks rock-and-roll desire
If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We didn't have to create angst. We didn't have to create desire. We didn't have to say, see we were screwed, my generation, because we wanted to be The Beatles or Elvis Presley. That ain't going to happen. So we always had this thing to reach for.
lying marijuana smoking
I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that?
airplane years flying
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
kids thinking people
Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.