Billy Bob Thornton says his character in the new film "Bandits" has some of his real-life phobias. For one thing, Thornton's afraid of antique furniture. "I get creeped out and I can't breathe and I can't eat around it," he told reporters recently. "But it's only certain kinds of antique furniture.
The Oscar winner told The New York Times that his phobias have "been greatly exaggerated," but that "it's that French/English/Scottish old mildewy stuff. Old dusty heavy drapes and big tables with lions' heads carved in it. Stuff that kings were around. That's the stuff I can't be around.
"Billy is very calm and measured," Duplass says. "His way of dealing with people is actually quite amiable and sweet when you meet him. Since I've gotten to know him, I found that he's life weary in a very interesting and truthful way that's unique to him. He has an acceptance of the darkness within himself."
Epiplaphobia as the name indicates is the extreme, irrational and often unwarranted fear of furniture. Some people might be afraid only of certain types of furniture; still others are specifically afraid only of antiques.
His passions are lively and ardent, and he truly loves to give. He is endowed with great authenticity and can be quite generous, as long as he is aware that others admire him. Billy Bob Thornton struggles to get into a natural harmony with the physical world and the limitations and restraints it places upon him.
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Thornton is a self-described Brony, a male fan of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Asked about faith, Thornton said "I'm not what you'd call a traditional religious person. We went to the Methodist church—every Sunday you put on your little creepy suit with your clip-on tie and went to church.
“I'm a vegan and eat extremely healthy,” he told People when asked what his last indulgence was. “For me, something indulgent would be to cut up two bananas into my oatmeal instead of one.” He also noted that his dairy and wheat allergies keep his eating habits in check.
If you happened to suffer from 'Cathedraphobia' (fear of chairs), then this photo, featuring thousands of chairs, taken in a surprisingly empty (but no less awe-inspiring) 'Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Metz' on Tuesday... is not for you either.
His need to be rooted on familiar territory has intensified, and Thornton now says he is “right on the verge of having full-blown agoraphobia,” a pathological aversion to being in public places.
Billy Bob Thornton is an actor, director, screenwriter, and musician who began his film career in the late 1980s and has since starred in a number of popular and critically acclaimed films. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sling Blade (1996).
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Billy Bob Thornton says his character in the new film "Bandits" has some of his real-life phobias. For one thing, Thornton's afraid of antique furniture. "I get creeped out and I can't breathe and I can't eat around it," he told reporters recently. "But it's only certain kinds of antique furniture.
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Some phobias are more common, while others are often quite rare. Five of the most common phobias include arachnophobia (the fear of spiders), ophidiophobia (the fear of snakes), glossophobia (the fear of public speaking), acrophobia (the fear of heights), and social phobia (the fear of social interactions).
A person with megalophobia experiences intense fear and anxiety when they think of or are around large objects such as large buildings, statues, animals and vehicles. They often avoid situations or places that have large objects.
What are the most important facts to know about glossophobia? Glossophobia is a very common phobia characterized by a strong fear of public speaking. Individuals with glossophobia may avoid speaking in public, as they typically experience fear and anxiety when speaking in front of a group of people.
S.M., sometimes referred to as SM-046, is an American woman with a peculiar type of brain damage that physiologically reduces her ability to feel fear. First described by scientists in 1994, she has had exclusive and complete bilateral amygdala destruction since late childhood as a consequence of Urbach–Wiethe disease.
Bananaphobia is, as the name suggests, a fear of bananas. One such case was reported in the Daily Mail. According to this report, a female patient had been scared of bananas all her life, so much so that she could not stand being in the same room as them without feeling nauseated.
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