Billy Bob Thornton
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She goes, oh, interesting, interesting.
It's like, babe, I was fucking with you there.
But that was one of the moments where I realized that I really was an outsider out there.
And people ask me about my longevity in this business.
And I always say it's because I stay out of it.
And I tell people, do your acting on the red carpet, not in the movie.
They said, well, you're so natural and stuff.
It's like, that's from ignorance.
I don't know anything about acting.
I didn't go to Shakespeare school and stuff.
I didn't, you know, I look at the thing I'm playing Tommy Norris and land man, or I'm playing the guy in Goliath or Fargo or sling blade or monstrous ball, whatever I was in, I just go out there and do what it says, you know, and, uh, be myself in whatever role it is.
Because people want to think there's a trick to everything, that you can learn everything.
And it's kind of just not true.
I mean, I believe artists, whether they're musicians, novelists, actors, whatever they are, I truly believe that you're born with most of it.
I'm not saying that you can't learn and that you can't progress, you can't get better.
I mean, just repetition makes you better.
I mean, just the more you do something, the more comfortable you get with it.
But if you say, like if you were to ask me, what is my process?
hell, I wouldn't know what to tell you.