Quotes from Billy Bob Thornton

I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.

I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm really a Californian.

I've led a very eclectic life.

One of the greatest things about getting older as an actor is that you settle into who you are and you don't begrudge everyone else what they have.

If you can make a color show or movie seem like it's in black-and-white, then you've done a really good job.

I think television's amazing, and I'm going to do more of it. I love it. I think it's a great place to be, but I'm still going to keep doing movies too.

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.

The only times you'll see me in terms of the movie business is when I have to go to the premieres of my own movies. I don't go to see ones that aren't mine because I don't even like going to mine.

One of the great regrets of my life is that I don't play piano.

My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

If you love somebody let them know every day.

One of the most important things for an actor is to know who you are.

Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds.

Baby boomers don't go out as much, they aren't interacting with each other and they would rather stay home and watch TV. That's the audience for a guy like me, unless I'm doing 'Bad Santa.'

I don't have a fear of flying I have a fear of crashing.

Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.

Pushing Tin,' I went to air traffic control school in Toronto for that. Passed with flying colors, by the way. If I ever become an air traffic controller and I'm the guy in charge of your plane, you're in good hands.

To tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.

I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth.

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.

Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.

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.

All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right for the part.