Billy Bob Thornton

Yeah, I mean, when they say overnight success, that literally was the moment.

I mean, I had a name within the movie business from this movie called One False Move that we did in 90 or so, 89 or 90.

So people already had made deals to write screenplays for various studios and stuff.

And I was getting acting work here and there.

But when I did Sling Blade, it literally, I woke up one morning and I was not only a millionaire, but hugely popular.

And it freaked me out.

I mean, I appreciated every moment of it.

But really, when you're going through those times, it's such a blur, you know, how quickly it happened and everything.

I mean, to this day, I think back on it, you know.

How the fuck did I get here?

I don't think you could get that movie made now.

I think a lot of movies that I've done, you couldn't get them made now.

I don't think there's an audience that would either tolerate it or be interested in it, you know, because most of my writing is based on novelists and not screenwriters.

I've stayed out of Hollywood my whole career pretty much, you know, other than the high profile relationships, maybe, you know, other than that, I haven't associated with Hollywood much.

And, uh,

It was just thinking back and going, how did I become a movie star?

Shit.

No, that's true.

You know what I mean?

That's true.