Billy Crudup Quotes

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• Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.
• That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my…
• A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.
• 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.
• My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act.
• If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar.
• 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.
• I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.
• I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.
• 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…
• 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,…
• I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.
• I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous.
• I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.
• My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless…
• 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…

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