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LA has its own vibe. It has a charm that a lot of people overlook sometimes.
Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 4
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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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My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.
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At my dad's funeral I didn't cry when my dad died. I did it years later when I forgave him, which I've totally forgiven him and I loved my dad.
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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?
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Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing.
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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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You never know what an audience is going to think about something. The ones that the audience doesn't get, I tend to let them go. I don't like to dwell on them too much.
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Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays. You know, he doesn't like plays. And I agree with him in certain ways, you know. They can be fun. I don't mind going to see them. I went and saw Phantom of the Opera. I thought hey, that's cool. Look at the mask and all that.
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[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.
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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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The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.
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I've led a very eclectic life.
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When people are bothering you constantly when you're trying to do just a simple thing that humans do every day but they won't let you do it without bugging you about it, that was a hard thing. Because I became a movie star overnight. From a working actor and working writer to a movie star.
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If you love somebody let them know every day.
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I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.
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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.
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A lot of kids, when they go to church, they don't really pay much attention to what they're saying or whatever.
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I don't have a fear of flying I have a fear of crashing.
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