Billy Bob Thornton
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.Collection: Fear
Why wouldn't you be afraid of a Komodo dragon? It's a dragon. It's a dinosaur.
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.
If you love somebody let them know every day.
You know, some people can't get past their past, I guess. I certainly haven't.
Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.
When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
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.
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.
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.
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.
Marketing is the devil.
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.
Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.
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'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?
There aren't any people aligned with me passionately.
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.
If you're in scenes with a guy you know really well in a comedy, you tend to crack each other up too much.
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 love independent film so much, and that's kind of where I made my mark.
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 I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.
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.
My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.
I've been accused, many times, as a writer/director, of my pace being too leisurely and too long.
One of the most important things for an actor is to know who you are.
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 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 love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.
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.
I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.
I'm a vegan who cheats - that's what I call myself.
One of the great regrets of my life is that I don't play piano.
I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.
I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.
My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.
Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Ignorance
I've been married five times, and people think that's some bizarre thing, yet I've got buddies who refuse to get married and have sex with 15 people a week. I'm like "Which is better?" At least I was trying.Collection: Sex
I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice.Collection: Kissing
Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn't let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasn't one more thing you could've done. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart, with joy in your heart? If you can do that gentleman - you're perfect!Collection: Heart
I'm kind of sad and happy all the time. Just kind of like feeling, you know, full of life and confident, and at the same time terrified. I'm all of those things at once.Collection: Sad And Happy
Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic.Collection: People
I am fairly embraced by the Hollywood community, and I love making movies and I love acting, but I'm not real crazy about the Hollywood system. So the fact that they embrace me is a shock to me because I tell them to kiss my ass all the time. I don't understand why they haven't thrown me out on my ear. The other thing is I don't participate much. I have very few friends within the movie community. I hang out with some guys I've known forever. They're all broke and eat me out of house and home. But I stay home mostly and I don't go to the parties. Maybe that preserves me.Collection: Crazy