Top 33 Billy Bob Thornton Quotes

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.

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

I don’t have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.

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

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.

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.

Marketing is the devil.

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?

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

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.

There aren’t any people aligned with me passionately.

I’ve been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I’ve worked with the Coen brothers.

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

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

I quit flying years ago. I don’t want to die with tourists.

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

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

I’m a vegan who cheats – that’s what I call myself.

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

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.’

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

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

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

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

I love independent film so much, and that’s kind of where I made my mark.

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

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.

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 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.

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