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Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.
Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 4
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I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth.
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I'll always consider myself a Southerner. A lot of people put California down, but my dreams were realized there.
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