This is Jane Pauli. You may know him from the Oscar-winning film Slingblade,

or from his marriage to Angelina Jolie, or from his performance as Bad Santa.

Now Billy Bob Thornton is starring in a new season of the streaming series Landman,

and talking with Sunday morning mornings Lee Cowan.

Well, how's it feel coming into season two now?

Your character's got a little more responsibilities this season, so it's a little different, but

yeah.

Same guy, different job.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I think the thing about this character is that even though he's now been made president of the company, he can't quit being a landman.

I mean, if it's in your blood, it's in your blood.

And so he's now, he's a reluctant president.

I mean, he does not want to be a suit.

So he's still very in control of what he did before.

Are you having fun?

Oh, it's awesome.

Yeah?

Yeah. I mean, this season, I told Taylor the other day, I said, I'm a little worried because everything is going really smooth and you're happy and I'm happy. Something's wrong.

Something's wrong.

You've talked a lot over the course of your career about how you never want to,

you don't want to imitate someone or something that you've

there has to be a kernel of you in some of those roles.

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