260 Quotes by Billy Bob Thornton

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    I can’t sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture.

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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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    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.

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    I know it’s boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it’s well written and it’s a character that I haven’t necessarily played before.

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    If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie you’d think it was terribly romantic, everyone would cry and they’d win awards. But in real life if someone does that they’d be considered weird.

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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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    Sometimes we don’t want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end.

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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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