Billy Bob Thornton 'pulls a Joaquin' during interview (+video)

Billy Bob Thornton to DJ: 'Don't call me an actor'. Photo / AP

Oscar-winning Hollywood star

Billy Bob Thornton

threw his toys out of the proverbial pram on Canadian radio this week - when an interviewer had the audacity to refer to him as an actor.

Thornton, who has embarked on a music career with band the Boxmasters, appeared on CBC radio to talk about their current tour with music icon

Willie Nelson

.

Host

Jian Ghomeshi

introduced Thornton’s band, in which the actor plays the drums and sings, and referred to him as an "Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and director," which infuriated Thornton (complete with huffy eye roll).

When Ghomeshi asked the petulant star when the band formed, Thornton said: "I don't know what you're talking about."

And it all went downhill from there.

Thornton then spent the next twelve minutes giving largely monosyllabic answers to the host's perfectly reasonable line of questioning.

The actor also took offense when Ghomeshi suggested he was passionate about music.

"Would you say that to

Tom Petty?

" asked Thornton, and went on to blast the host for asking questions he'd supposedly been told were strictly off-limits by producers.

A confused Ghomeshi asked, "Are you reacting to the fact that I referred to you as an actor?" to which Thornton replied, "Yeah, I am, since you were instructed not to talk about s**t like that."

He added, "We said, 'Do not talk about s**t like that,' and we also said not to discuss if music is my first love. You wouldn't say that to Tom Petty, would you?"

And the icing on the cake came when Thornton announced that his bandmates would be playing an instrumental tune in the studio - sans drums, because "We don't cart those around at 6 o'clock in the morning," he said.

It's all very reminiscent of actor

Joaquin Phoenix

's recent

spaced-out confab

with TV veteran

David Letterman

. Only hip-flopper Phoenix's stint was actually funny. This is just derriere-clenchingly uncomfortable...

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