He wears a vial of wife Angelina Jolie's dried blood around his neck and fancies himself the reincarnation of Benjamin Franklin. He snacked on sticks of butter as a child and suffered malnutrition-induced heart failure back in O84 after a lengthy stint of eating only potatoes. Apparently he's even a singer now, as his first album, Private Radio, just hit stores. So what if we couldn't bear to listen long enough to actually review it--we still love to hear him babble! Billy Bob onÉ
...the power of love:
"I went bowling one night and ended up married. It was one of those deals."
Élove and livestock:
"My name's Billy Bob, so you probably think I married my cousin and I
screw goats."
Éthe Oscar nod:
"Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy."
Éobesity and gardening:
"I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. I was like a prize turnip."
Éunderwear and understanding:
"I was lifting weights, and I thought they were hidden, but some guy kept looking at me strange. Finally, I said, OThey're my wife's.' I wear them to the set some days. I like having her close to me."
Élife's simple pleasures:
"I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other."
Éthose scary-ass antiques:
"And what are those things, harpsichords? I can't even be on the same block with a harpsichord. I'm tellin' ya, that freaks me out."
Éhuh?
"I am a simple but complex person."
--By David Walters
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