Billy Bob Thornton

I would have never made it to 30.

What did I do?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Because you're famous at eight years old.

Yeah.

Yeah.

If you've you know, it's kind of an old guy thing to say, but, you know, everything I got, I earned it.

And I'm glad I did.

You know, I'm glad I didn't have a hell of a lot of help along the way that.

I just persevered and did this stuff.

But I think that knowing what work is before you get famous really helps you out in your life.

I mean, you know, I worked at a sawmill, a machine shop, I hauled heavy equipment, hauled hay when I was 13.

Yeah, I did all that shit.

And, I mean, stuff that looking back on it, it's like I don't even know how I did it half the time.

I worked as a carpenter's helper.

And so if I hadn't done all that stuff, if all I had known was the entertainment business, I think that would drive any fucking body crazy.

You know, I don't think I would have made it through that if, you know, like looking at the real world out there from a place where you never experienced the real world.

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