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O&A SXSW 10: Texas Film Hall of Fame 5
Dennis Quaid gave out the last honor of the evening, the Tom Mix Honorary Texan Award, to Billy Bob Thornton who was born in “extreme Northeast Texas — Hot Springs, Ark.” Quaid listed Thornton’s blue-collar past and his breakthrough as a screenwriter at director Billy Wilder’s suggestion.
“Billy Bob is the definitive Davy Crockett,” rugged-looking Quaid said while quantifying and qualifying Thornton’s work in Texas. Apparently they really bonded during the “Alamo” shoot outside Austin.
“I’m going to be bitter and angry for a second,” he said about the press line, being asked what it felt like to be conferred honorary Texan status. “I lived Tomball outside Houston, my family’s from Richardson and Garland and lived in Texas a third of my life. This is where my heart it is It is an artistic place, creative place. If you want to get technical about where I’ve lived the longest, I’m a (expletive) Californian.”
Good way to end the evening. As we were leaving, Kyle Chandler asked why I didn’t stick around for more quotes. I told him about my leg condition. He listened and responded with such sympathy, I flashed to him as my coach.
Photos by Larry Kolvoord.
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