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I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you're going to be really panicked.

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Billy Bob Thornton
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 4
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Basically there are no stars anymore. The audience is the star.
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Now, if you want to do realistic, kind of heavier acting stuff, you do it on Amazon or Netflix or whatever or HBO.
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So we are headed for a time when there won't be anything but movies that are essentially made like video games, and actors will become obsolete, and then the big stars will be people who live in Brentwood or wherever it is, and they have a show called, I don't know, Pool Parties of Brentwood or something like that.
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I always wanted to play a lawyer.
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I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.
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I've led a very eclectic life.
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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.
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