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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.
Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 4
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A lot of people are doing television now. Great, legendary actors are doing movies on cable and stuff now, and you can't blame them, because they're still doing adult dramas and adult comedies on those stations.
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If you love somebody let them know every day.
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I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything.
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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'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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If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50 percent of the air.
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I've gone through my periods. I've read the Bible completely, all the way through twice. I did it once when I was about 20 and I did it again when I was about 30.
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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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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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