Billy Bob Thornton

Well, my wife, who was raised in the Bay Area, you know, around San Francisco, Marin County there.

when I first told her what my dad did to me, she was like, oh my God, that's like, and honestly, that's what everybody's dad did.

It was like, you know, if he was working graveyard shift and you started making a bunch of damn noise at noon,

You got your ass beat with a belt.

And she couldn't believe it.

I said, oh, no.

It was like every day almost, you know.

And, you know, not that it was good, but it was just part of our life.

We didn't know any better.

We really didn't.

Absolutely.

We have guys in our town that you just stayed away from.

I mean, guys who were, you know, relatively the same age.

And I lucked out because, you know, I was a skinny, long-haired little hippie and playing in bands and stuff.

And for some reason, I always liked hanging out with...

the guys who are a few years older than me, they had more fun than we did.

I remember the first time I ever

Well, the first time I ever had a drink of beer, my Uncle Don, he drank Schlitz.

And this was back when you had to have a church key and you opened both sides of it.

Oh, wow!