Billy Bob Thornton Professions : ActorBorn : August 4, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 168 quotes by Billy Bob Thornton [The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a story in my head, or few lines. Billy Bob Thornton linesstoriesideas I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it. Billy Bob Thornton playerwritingsong You can't knock a place where you realized your dreams. Billy Bob Thornton your-dreamsdream Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of months and do your job, and then you move onto another one. As a director, it's with you for quite some time and you're responsible for the entire thing, whether the results are good or bad, or whether people throw darts at you or put you on a pedestal. Billy Bob Thornton couplejobsmoving LA has its own vibe. It has a charm that a lot of people overlook sometimes. Billy Bob Thornton charmsometimespeople 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. Billy Bob Thornton singersstoriesthinking People's attention spans are a little shorter these days. Same thing with food and movies. Billy Bob Thornton littlesattentionpeople Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story. Billy Bob Thornton storieswritingcharacter Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me. Billy Bob Thornton screenwritingsongwritingdifferent Sometimes I have songs born out of stories. Billy Bob Thornton storiessongsometimes 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. Billy Bob Thornton independentgonecharacter I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway. Billy Bob Thornton guywantdirectors I don't think anybody chooses to be an underdog. Billy Bob Thornton underdogthinking I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously. Billy Bob Thornton writinghelpingfirsts I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid. Billy Bob Thornton music-isknowskids I'm not a TV junkie outside of sports and history really and stuff like that. Billy Bob Thornton tvsstuffsports I think maybe I was instrumental in taking the stereotype out of the Southern actor is some ways. I would hope my legacy would be as a serious actor who told the truth and did parts based on the quality of part and not necessarily the money. Billy Bob Thornton qualitysouthernthinking I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit. Billy Bob Thornton religiousbelievethinking When I was a teenager, I read the bible cover-to-cover, and I found the Old Testament, it's a pretty bloody history book. Billy Bob Thornton teenagerold-testamentbook People over 40 stay home and watch television, that's why there are no movies out there. Billy Bob Thornton homewatchespeople Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
