Billy Bob Thornton

Yeah, I grew up with that.

I mean, there was a prejudice in Hollywood when I first got out there.

There still kind of is.

I can't.

I mean, especially coming up now.

I mean, you know, once you reach a certain level, you know, you can walk into Universal Studios and say, I want to play Betty Davis.

Hey, that's a great idea.

But, you know, but but when you're coming up, you know.

I was – the first thing I ever auditioned for in L.A.

was a student film.

It was like one of those USC student films.

And I go in there and the part was some guy that just got off the turnip truck from Alabama.

And I thought, well, I've probably got this.

And so and I was broke and everything and it wasn't going to pay anything, but I didn't care.

I was like, well, maybe I get my foot in the door because I didn't go to be an actor anyway.

I just thought, well, try this stuff.

And I go in there, and I think the casting person and the director are both East Coast people, like New York or somewhere.

And I did my little audition, and they said, can you do it more Southern?

And I'm like, are you shitting me?

It's like, you've got to be shitting me.