I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.
Billy Bob ThorntonEvery couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.
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 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 Thornton