Billy Bob and Angelina in late 2001. Credit: Fame

Billy Bob Thornton isn’t one of those bitter ex-spouses who constantly bring up their old partners in interviews. He has mentioned Angelina Jolie in a few interviews, like the time he joked (and really, it was a joke) that Angelina wanted him back. Otherwise, the five-times divorced Oscar-winner pretty much keeps to himself as of late.

Billy Bob is back, and he’s got a film to promote. Angelina’s name came up in an interview with The Boot. Billy talks about other stuff too, but his answer about Angelina is the one that will make headlines. He’s asked which actresses he wants to work with and he names Cate Blanchett, whom he’s worked with twice already. He also names Jessica Biel, which I don’t get. Then he says that he talks to Angelina all the time, and that they’re looking for another project together. Here are some of the interview highlights:

If you could have a drink with one musician, living or dead, who would it be?
John Lennon

Who’s an actress you’re dying to work with?
Jessica Biel for one reason and Cate Blanchett for another. I’ve worked with Cate twice, and I’d say she’s probably the best actress out there. I’d like to do another movie with Angie [ex-wife Angelina Jolie], too, one of these days. We talk all the time. She and I keep looking for something to do together; we just have to find the right thing.

You’ve been married five times. Would you ever tie the knot again?
No. I’m not good for that. It’s not my bag. I think I’ve finally proved that! [laughs]

What kind of dad are you?
Teddy bear. I’m such a pushover.

What’s the biggest misconception about you?
Probably that I’m dark — because I’m really not. I write about dark stuff, I’ve been involved in dark things and I’ve been around a dark world in my lifetime, but I’m a pretty open and friendly guy. [I’m] probably not as strange as people think.

What’s the craziest rumor you’ve ever heard about yourself?
One that was bizarre was that I only eat orange food. It was in the papers for two or three years! I used to go to this one hotel and have breakfast there and only order a plate of papaya and coffee, and those hotel people always talk about you to the media. So I think someone must have said, “All he ever orders is papaya,” and it must have come from that.

From The Boot

At least he knows well enough to not want to get married again. In case anyone is interested, the film he’s promoting is that one he did with Tea Leoni, Manure, where there were rumors that an affair with Billy Bob was one of many reasons for Tea and David Duchovny’s split. Tea and David have since reuinted (sort of, who knows) and Billy seems like an old, chastened hound-dog.

Billy Bob Thornton is shown out in Park City, Utah for Sundance on 1/19, 1/20, and 1/21/09, credit: Fame, Bauergriffin and UPI/Newscom. There are also some photos of him with Angelina and a then-baby Maddox on 3/18/02. They are also shown shopping on 11/21/07. Credit: Fame