The 19th-century politician Billy Bob Thornton is absolutely terrified of: “He would break out in a sweat”
What are the chances?
Billy Bob Thornton
The Hollywood icon who told Billy Bob Thornton he’d never make it: “You’re too damned ugly”
Talk about honest feedback.
The only filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton believes matches the Coen brothers’ style: “Very similar”
If anyone’s gonna know this one, it’s Billy Bob.
The forgotten Coen brothers movie whose script Billy Bob Thornton didn’t need to read: “You can’t go wrong”
Thornton knew this one would be good, but he didn’t know it would be forgotten.
The heartbreaking story behind Matt Damon’s favourite movie: “An unqualified failure”
Damon insists studio meddling broke the heart of this movie’s director.
“The real deal”: When Robert Duvall called Billy Bob Thornton the hillbilly Orson Welles
One hell of a comparison.
The most challenging scene of Billy Bob Thornton’s career: “The hardest thing I ever did in my life”
He said it nearly killed him.
The ‘Monster’s Ball’ scene Halle Berry called “the kiss of life”
“I never really connected it with myself.”