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April 8, 2009 - 53 year-old Actor Billy Bob Thornton apparently doesn't like being referred to as...an actor. At least not when he's doing radio interviews with his band, the Boxmasters, who are on tour with Willie Nelson...who quite frankly would have less recognition if their singer was not...actor Billy Bob Thornton. During a radio interview with host Jian Ghomeshi on CBC radio, the Canadian public broadcaster, Thornton evaded simple questions and criticized the host for mentioning his movie background. Thornton mostly gave brief, sometimes monosyllabic, answers. Asked what music he listened to when he was young, Thornton spoke about reading the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland.
The actor took offense when Ghomeshi suggested he was passionate about music.
"Would you say that to Tom Petty?" asked Thornton.
Thornton eventually made it clear that he was angry with Ghomeshi for his introduction. Apparently, the producers of the radio show had been "instructed" not to mention Thornton's career as an actor during the course of the interview.
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