My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.
— Billy Bob Thornton
One of the great regrets of my life is that I don't play piano.
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.
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.'
My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.
You know, some people can't get past their past, I guess. I certainly haven't.
I love independent film so much, and that's kind of where I made my mark.
If you're in scenes with a guy you know really well in a comedy, you tend to crack each other up too much.
There aren't any people aligned with me passionately.
If you love somebody let them know every day.
Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.
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 can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.
I'm a vegan who cheats - that's what I call myself.
I love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.
One of the most important things for an actor is to know who you are.
If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.
If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.
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.
Why wouldn't you be afraid of a Komodo dragon? It's a dragon. It's a dinosaur.
I have type AB- blood, which is the rarest blood type. It's less than 1 percent of the whole population of the world, and it means that you don't have as many digestive enzymes.
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.
I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.
I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.
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.
I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.
I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.
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.
I've been accused, many times, as a writer/director, of my pace being too leisurely and too long.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.
Sometimes I'm playing somebody that I may have a problem with. Your job as an actor is not to go only play things that make you look good.
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.
People have made sure of that, that you can't shock anybody anymore. It's not just because of movies and TV. It's because of what's happening in the world.
I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that?
Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
Marketing is the devil.
When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
