Billy Bob Thornton Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• The thing about a motion picture is that look of film on a big screen takes you into a magical.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Looks, Film, Bigs

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Drama, Kids, Independent

  "Billy Bob Thornton Talks Status of BAD SANTA 2 and Signing on for FX’s FARGO Miniseries". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2013.

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

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Writing, Character, Stories

• 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.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Independent, Character, Gone

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Independent, Thinking, Levels

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Stars, Independent, Giving

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Short Love, Children, Real

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Mean, Independent, Writing

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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