Billy Bob Thornton

Yeah, that scene was, I mean, it became huge.

I mean, it was all over the internet, that scene.

And I mean, when I run into an oil guy, wherever it is, I mean, you know, mainly Texas, but wherever I am, they always bring that scene up and thank me and, you know, thanks for showing people what this is.

And, you know, I do get questions, you know, obviously because of the nature of the show.

People try to politicize everything.

And the fact of the matter is, is that Taylor with that show is not taking a side.

He's just saying, here's a look behind the curtain at how this works.

Yeah.

And it's about how are the people who work in that industry, whether you're on the suit side or you're out there in the fields.

And if you're the family of like I have the family in the show.

Uh, it's just, this is how it works and this is how it affects the people who work in it.

This is how dangerous it is.

Here's how much of a gamble it is.

And here are all the other crazy people circling your world.

In my case, the family, you know, and, uh,

When I did that scene, I was committed to it, because when I read it, and Taylor's very good about writing gigantic monologues for me, and when something makes sense to you dialogue-wise, it's easy to do a long monologue.

if you don't know what it means, it's harder to learn the dialogue.

If you understand what the person has written, I'm not saying if you agree with it or disagree with it, but if you understand what they're saying, it's actually easier to do a monologue than it is to do a back-and-forth scene with people sometimes.

I bone more lines on a back-and-forth conversation than I do when I'm just sitting there telling somebody something.

Like Jerry Jones scene.