I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.
Billy Bob ThorntonTo tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.
Billy Bob ThorntonWell I loved Little League; so all the memories are pretty fond but I broke my thumb. That wasn't a lot of fun. I think probably the first time I pitched [I started out as a first baseman] and the first game I pitched in Little League, I struck out 10 batters. I had a curve ball a little early [laughs]. You're not really supposed to have one when you're 12, but I did, so I first game I struck out 10 batters. That's possibly my fondest memory.
Billy Bob ThorntonI write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.
Billy Bob ThorntonI'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth.
Billy Bob ThorntonDirecting 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