Billy Bob Thornton also spoke about his marriage to Angelina Jolie. As for why they split, Thornton said, “We just had different lifestyles. Hers is a global lifestyle and mine is an agoraphobic lifestyle,” he said with a laugh. “So that’s really, that’s the only reason we’re probably not still together, maybe. There was a different path in life we wanted to take.”
“I never felt good enough for her,” he shared, adding that despite his many years in Hollywood, he’s “real uncomfortable around rich and important people.”
And he wasn’t looking to change his ways.
“I like how I am,” he said.
~ Mike Miller, Billy Bob Thornton Says There Is Only One Reason He Is Not Still Married to Angelina Jolie (People, June 13, 2018)
Portrait of Billy Bob Thornton: Alan Amato
Maybe Hollywood isn’t then really the place to be for him… ? 😉
I do like what he says he is!
Me too!
we all should like who we are, and that’s a good thing –
Sure is!
Never liked him – but now I understand the man a bit better. And I like him a bit. 🙂
Awww, I’m a big fan. Especially in his role in new series Goliath…
https://youtu.be/jXXGD_EXsFc
Okay, I shall be less judgmental and more understanding. He definitely listens to his own drum, and that’s a good thing.
OK! Now that’s better!
🙂
‘The uploader has not made this video available in your country’….zut alors, I thought I could learn something……
try this:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6iubfi
Oh David, thank you for bothering. Now that I’ve seen it I feel terrible to tell you that I don’t like the role of this actor (never heard of him but that doesn’t mean anything….) and I hate that kind of film – maybe you shouldn’t have bothered! But hey, I have a difficult taste for films….. I love English films, I love a ton of English actors and not everybody can be a Robbie Williams / Tom Hanks to give your country its due! Wishing you a great Sunday.
No worries Kiki! Thank you.
Now, THERE’s a face-and-a-half! He’s a terrific actor.
I’m totally with you…
I like that he likes how he is. A man comfortable in his own skin.
Me too Angeline…
Best photo I’ve ever seen of him–what a face! [I refuse to say any of the negative thoughts from past info zooming around in my mind] He has been working on liking himself–a worthy ideal.
I agree Valerie. We are all work-in-process.
“I like how I am” is a good way to be.
Bam. Right there…
Tell it like it is. I like his acting so much.
I’m a big fan too!
There has always been something about him that I like. And it is so important to like who you are…
Me too. I’m a big fan.
We are all works in progress, we all have a story and how invasive it is to be a person being taken out of context, scrutinized, fodder, a commodity, for some an oddity, for some an object of obsession…in the public view , a public who assume, sometimes thirst to invade another’s privacy…I think in reality he is more intelligent than many give him credit for…we all make errors and hopefully not repeat them, but learn from them…each day is a new opportunity to grow, to love, to give, to be joyful and I hope he has many more days to walk along a path that brings him a secure peace and joy…
That’s it Christie. We are all a work-in-progress…
adding this: and each day we can also release our bondage of hurt and or errors and forgive others and forgive ourselves…
Just, can’t imagine the added pressure in life, of being in the public eye…
Yes….
No wonder I like Billy Bob!! Thanks for this David.
Hi Debra. I’m a huge fan too. Thanks.
Very interesting. It’s easier to divorce someone and dislike them than it is to divorce them and still have a lot of love/like/and respect for them. Like Warren buffett and his first wife.
Great point.
This morning, my fifth time reading this as I first read after a lengthy post on Bourdain (just as meaningful) I’m tasked with speaking at our Rotary Club next month, a tough audience for introverted girl not so affluent, on Suicide. I keep thinking we need an empirical approach to prevention…I believe it should include self-acceptance encouraged by others but primarily regardless of others. Of course, along with many other more medical/clinical stuff…but, self acceptance might actually matter.
Thanks for getting me thinking.
Such a important topic. Thanks for sharing Lisa.
Lisanne; good luck with your talk. I love Rotary Clubs; they do so much good and are generous with their knowledge, but in many ways they are awe inspiring to a point where one could get blocked…. IT WILL BE A GREAT SPEECH YOU’RE GIVING. 🙂
Lisa, if you hadn’t seen this, I thought you would find it a worthwhile read:
http://www.katrinakenison.com/2018/06/12/kindness-2/
Thank you! I had not read this. Yes, worthwhile!