Billy Bob Thornton Character Quotations

I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character that I haven't necessarily played before.

Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing.

I always wished there was somebody like the Coen Brothers and they appeared. And so yeah, my favorite role that I've ever done was in The Man Who Wasn't There. That's my very favorite character I've ever played.

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50 percent of the air.

Every character I play is me, always has been.

To tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.

As most characters are that I play, there's a lot of me in it, anyway.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.