Author: Billy Crudup

Quotes

If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar.

If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar.

- Billy Crudup

I have never indulged our society's misguided notion that my personal life is relevant to my work, so any reporting surrounding that is necessarily hearsay, speculation or fantasy.

I have never indulged our society's misguided notion that my personal life is relevant to my work, so any reporting surrounding that is necessarily hearsay, speculation or fantasy.

- Billy Crudup

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

- Billy Crudup

I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, and if that's not suitable for you, then you should hire somebody else.'

I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, and if that's not suitable for you, then you should hire somebody else.'

- Billy Crudup

I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.

I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.

- Billy Crudup

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

- Billy Crudup

Everyone covering 'Stage Beauty' asks me: 'What's it like to wear a dress?'

Everyone covering 'Stage Beauty' asks me: 'What's it like to wear a dress?'

- Billy Crudup

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.

- Billy Crudup

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

- Billy Crudup

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