Oscar Trivia #7

Billy Bob Thornton worked as a waiter for an industry event in the 80s and struck up a conversation with director Billy Wilder, who told him he was too ugly to be an actor. He advised him to start a career in screenwriting and to write a script that could make use of his unconventional looks.
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Thornton took his advice. In 1996 he wrote, directed and starred in the sleeper hit Sling Blade, which won him the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.