It suits him because way back many years ago when Nikita Mikhalkov, the great Russian director, came, I said, "I want you to meet somebody." So I get Billy Bob from Malvern, Arkansas and Nikita Mikhalkov from Moscow. It's just two big talents meet. We sat for two or three hours and talked. It was great. He's the real deal, this guy.

I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

Never use money to measure wealth, son.

Smell that? You smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.