Billy Bob talked about winning an Oscar with `Slingblade`

Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, actor Billy Bob Thornton is an Academy Award®-winning American screenwriter, actor, director, and singer.

He wrote, directed, and starred in the film "Sling Blade." The screenplay won an Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award. His performance in the film received him Oscar and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor.

Some of his recent films include: "Don't Look Back," "The Apostle," "U-Turn," "Princess Mononoke," A Simple Plan," "Armageddon," "Homegrown," "Primary Colors," "Pushing Tin," "Monster's Ball," "Bandits," "The Man Who Wasn't There," "Waking Up in Reno," "Bad Santa," "Love Actually," "Intolerable Cruelty," "Levity," "Friday Night Lights," "The Alamo," "Chrystal," "The Ice Harvest," "Bad News Bears," "School for Scoundrels," and "Mr. Woodcock."

In the 2007 interview with host Cindy Rhodes, Billy Bob talked about how he got started in the business, winning an Oscar® with "Slingblade," and his cast in "The Astronaut Farmer," a film he was promoting at the time.