There is and could only ever be one Billy Bob Thornton: actor, musician, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and accidental Hollywood badass. In The Billy Bob Tapes, he spins colourful tales of his dirt-poor Southern upbringing, his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (fear of komodo dragons and antiques), his life, his loves (including his marriage to fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie), and, of course, his movie career.The Billy Bob Tapes is full of incredible stories and righteous philosophical rants, told with the help of his close friend, legendary country music star and bestselling author, Kinky Friedman. Put these two iconoclasts together and you get a story that s not just a celebrity memoir, but a unique, hilarious and insightful pop culture manifesto.
'A lot of people have wanted to do a book on me over the years. Usually journalist types who wanted some cheap Hollywood biography, where I talk about fighting with an actor on the set, or who had sex with who, and I would never do that. No one should. But when Kinky said, "Hey, let's do a book with some weird and funny stories about growing up and you can also bitch about whatever's on your mind," I figured, "OK, not such a bad idea."'
