Billy Bob Thornton

within the business.

And it's not like they like you any better.

It's just that they can use you to make money with.

And once that happens, then you can go in and play Betty Davis.

Yeah, it's true.

I mean, it happens all the time.

And people ask me...

There was a very famous singer, movie star person.

This was a long time ago.

It was when I first started getting invited to the parties, you know, and I didn't know anything about this stuff.

Well, it was around the time of Sling Blade, you know.

I mean, I was working and had done some stuff that had been noticed, like one false move and, you know, done a few things.

But this was around that time.

And it wasn't even out yet, I don't think, but screenings had started happening and there was a buzz about it, right?

So I get invited to a party, and it was out at David Foster's house.

He was always real nice to me.

At the time, he was married to Linda Thompson, who was a Memphis girl.

She always made Southern food, and she kind of took a liking to me and said, Hey, I want to invite you because you're from the South, and we always have the Southern food at our parties and stuff.

So I go out there and there were a lot of big people there and I found myself outside having a smoke.

And I was standing there in a little group of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson and I think maybe Dan Aykroyd was there.