Quotes from Billy Bob Thornton

I've been accused, many times, as a writer/director, of my pace being too leisurely and too long.

There aren't any people aligned with me passionately.

If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.

I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.

Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.

People a lot of times say that you know it must be hard to direct yourself. That's a myth. It's easier to direct yourself. There's no middle man, you know.

When you're a kid, somebody's mid-forties, you think they're an old man. Then you grow up and it's like, I was a kid.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

I love acting with all my heart and I love music with all my heart.

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music.

I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.

I love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.

Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.

Marketing is the devil.

I'm kind of sad and happy all the time. Just kind of like feeling, you know, full of life and confident, and at the same time terrified. I'm all of those things at once.

Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Why wouldn't you be afraid of a Komodo dragon? It's a dragon. It's a dinosaur.

If you're in scenes with a guy you know really well in a comedy, you tend to crack each other up too much.

I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.

Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.