I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don't want to do anything peripheral that is going to make an audience see me up there on the screen rather than who I'm playing.
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
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
All you really have when you're acting is the confidence and your ability to manage and tell a story by creating a character. - Billy Crudup
All you really have when you're acting is the confidence and your ability to manage and tell a story by creating a character.
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 wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. - Billy Crudup
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.
From here on out, I am only interested in what is real. Real people, real feelings, that's it. That's all I'm interested in. - Billy Crudup
From here on out, I am only interested in what is real. Real people, real feelings, that's it. That's all I'm interested in.
I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous. - Billy Crudup
I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous.
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 w… - 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 w…
When somebody on a professional scale says "you did it wrong," it has a pretty intense impact. If you don't have some kind of opposing force to say, … - Billy Crudup
When somebody on a professional scale says "you did it wrong," it has a pretty intense impact. If you don't have some kind of opposing force to say, …
Being fired is something... You have to really want to be an actor after you go through something like that. Because the level of self-doubt and inse… - Billy Crudup
Being fired is something... You have to really want to be an actor after you go through something like that. Because the level of self-doubt and inse…
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