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Hello.

Hello.

Hi, is this Billy Bob Thornton?

Yeah.

Hi, how are you this morning?

Not too shabby. Good, you're on with the Birch Show in Atlanta right now. Excellent. And we just started. Hey man, you got the movie coming out here, and we're going to talk to you about that in just a couple of minutes. minutes. But as we were reporting on the entertainment news today, sort of sighed like this. Oh,

come on. What a load of crap. Yeah, we were reporting on the entertainment news today, sort of sighed like this.

Oh, come on. What a load of crap. Yeah, we read a story this morning, according to some of the tabloids, about your friendship with Angelina and that you guys are still really great friends,

and that somehow that is causing problems in her current relationship.

That's hysterical. Yeah, we had a good laugh about that, but we had to bring it up to you. Oh, I don't care. I mean, I don't even keep up with that stuff, you know. I never know what's going on. But, no, they've been saying that for a while. I mean, look, I talk to her every once in a blue moon. She's gone all the time. Is it a pretty fair statement to say that, I mean, because you keep yourself out of the

paparazzi and out of the spotlight. Like, if celebrities in Hollywood want to stay away from the paparazzi and out of the spotlight, it certainly can be done, right? I do a pretty good job of it. I don't go out. I mean, when I go out, it's because I have to work. Most of the time I stay in the basement.

I got the sense, you know, just over mean when I go out it's because I have to work. Most of the time I stay in the basement.

I got the sense, you know, just over the last couple of days and doing some research on you

that you just sort of live above this thing. Like you love acting, but I'm not sure that you're in love

with the acting industry. Is that accurate or my way off base? That's pretty accurate. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'm not big on the biz, you know.

Do you think the business has gotten worse when it comes to pop culture and everybody being

able to capture celebrities, you know, in candid photos and everything?

Do you think it's gotten worse?

Yeah, I absolutely think it has.

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