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
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.
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 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.
writing character film
Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.
eclectic
I've led a very eclectic life.
kids music-is
I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.
kids house care
If you're going to take care of your kids and pay for your house and do something good for adults, you have to do something on television now.
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.
theatre
We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into movies I loved them.
song sometimes
Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.
melody
[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a story in my head, or few lines.
relevant not-sure
I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth.
lawyer
I always wanted to play a lawyer.
care i-care audience
The audience, that's who I care about.