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Article: WHO IS THAT GUY? Billy Bob Thornton, That's Who: The `Sling Blade' Star On God, Oscar and Squirrel Meat
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- The Washington Post
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- March 23, 1997
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If Billy Bob Thornton wins an Oscar tomorrow, he'll thank a
lot of people, but he won't thank the Lord.
That, says Thornton, is not because he lacks religious
convictions. It's just that he thinks God has better things to do
than watch the Academy Awards.
While Thornton isn't exactly a born-again, he instills his
remarkable directorial debut, "Sling Blade," with fundamental
Judeo-Christian values along with those he learned growing up in the
hardscrabble latitudes of Arkansas. For all the blade-slinging going
on, the film's message is a spiritual one.
"A lot of people might think the movie is a slam on religion,
but in fact it's very much in support of religion. See, I think ...