Billy Bob Thornton says Robert Redfords life-changing career advice led to Hollywood success

Billy Bob Thornton shared how life-changing advice from Robert Redford paved the way for his success in Hollywood.The 69-year-old actor, who is starring in the new Taylor Sheridan-directed drama series “Landman,” had a small role in Redford’s hit 1993 movie “Indecent Proposal,” which also starred Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Thornton recalled an on-set conversation that he had with Redford when he found himself at a crossroads in the early years of his career.“Redford was very good to me, and I only had a couple of scenes in that movie, but I was there for six weeks because it took a long time to get this thing shot,” Thornton remembered with a laugh.“That’s when Demi and I first met each other,” he continued. “And [Redford] brought me, I think — I can’t remember — it was like a Newsweek or Time magazine, one of those.And there was an article in there about a movie I’d co-written with Tom Epperson and costarred in called ‘One False Move.’ And this was a glowing review of ‘One False Move.’’“He said, ‘Look, have you seen this?’ I said, ‘No.

He said, ’Read that.’ And I sat there next to him, and he said, ‘Keep doing that.’ He said, ‘They’re going to come at you with offers now.’ And he said, ‘Don’t go off and play a superhero or something and make money.’“Right away he said, ‘Stick in this world of independent film for a while, make a name for yourself in that, and then you will transition into bigger stuff later.’ But he said, ‘This is where you need to be in the beginning because you could go out and do one stinker, a big event movie and you’re done,'” Thornton recalled. “So that’s what he told me.And he was right.”The “Armageddon” star previously revealed that he received similar advice from another Hollywood icon when he was struggling as a young actor.

During a 1997 appearance on “Charlie Rose,” Thorton recalled working...