Some More...

"I don't think I'm very good outside of what I know."

"Here I was playing a guy [Dan Truman-Armageddon]
who actually runs everything. I've never run anything
in my life."

"Yeah, but if you invite Bill, then you gotta invite
Frank, because he lives next door. I know we don't know
him as well, but he did give us that cow."

"Before Sling Blade, Hollywood needed me more as a
writer than an actor but my heart was always in the acting."

"I was always impulsive."

"A lot of things you do are just your subconscious
coming out through the pen or your typewriter."

"The feel bad movie [A Simple Plan] of the hoilday season."

"I was always kind of appalled at the treatment of not
only people like that but anybody who was either an outcast
or maybe a little different."

"Before long I thought, gosh, that's kind of an interesting
character, [Karl Childers-Sling Blade] maybe I
should develop that."

"Studios generally think they know how to write the screenplay
and cast the movies. They don't, they are lawyers."

"I don't have a burning desire to be a director...I just
want to see my stuff done the way I want it done."

"I got into acting to play anyone but me."

"Look I'm certainly not claiming the South's any better
than anywhere else, or a better place to make a movie about
but it does have a real knack for scandal and I think
that's a wonderful thing to explore."

"Support your local Sheriff."

"If you put the right people in the movie, then you don't
need to do much directing at all."

"My life was going by, and nothing was happening."

"Just the other day, my assistant was on th line with
Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears."

"It's kinda amazin' how I got here, it all started with
me just thinking and talking."

"I made this movie [Sling Blade] for nothing and
thought maybe 20 people would see it."

"Be normal in your life so you can be nuts in
your art."

"People make fun of the sentimental movie, but it's
somehow cute to watch hit men bluegeon someone's skull
open--what's that about? It's irresponsible to show
that violence doesn't have consequences."


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