Billy Bob Thornton

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.

And I remember Lionel Richie was in there playing piano in the living room.

And I'm just like, wow, wait, this is crazy.

And but I felt it's like that poor kid from the South Syndrome, like I don't really belong here.

So I was real shy and, you know, that kind of thing.

Well, this I went into the kitchen to get another drink.

And this, like I said, I won't name her name, but a very famous singer and actress from, you know, back in the 60s and 70s.

And she very seriously said to me, she said, so this Sling Blade...

So sorry.