Crudup Billy Quotes & Sayings

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. — Billy Crudup

Bright blue flash of lightning enveloped Nathaniel's field of view, just as the pod struck the ground with a deafening crunch, slamming his body forward and ripping away the protective restraints that previously held him in place. Covered in blood, Nathaniel fell from the now-open door of the pod, cradling the back of his head with both hands. — Jonathan Marker

I can tell you the actor who I admire the most. Billy Crudup. Do you know who he is? He's awesome. — Jonathan Tucker

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. — Billy Crudup

Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my chest. That's thrilling to me. — Billy Crudup

My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act. — Billy Crudup

Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening. — Iris Apfel

I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous. — Billy Crudup

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

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

My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night. — Billy Crudup

Beautiful self-delusion: Isn't that what being young is all about? You think you're immortal until one day when you're around sixty, it hits you: you see and Ingmar Bergman-y specter of death and you do some soul searching and possibly adopt a kid in need. You resolve to live the rest of your life in a way you can be proud of. But I am not one of those young people. I've been obsessed with death since I was born. — Lena Dunham

I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act. — Billy Crudup

President Bush said global warming is happening much quicker than he thought, and then his staff pulled him aside and said 'It's just springtime.' — Jay Leno

I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control ... — Leila Meacham

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs. — 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. — 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

I am so scared of what will kill me in the end for I am not prepared, I hope i'll get the chance to be someone, to be human, look what we've done — Ellie Goulding

With dancing, you have to know spatial movement with somebody. It is steps. It's literally steps and knowing how close to be or how far away. You have to have the beat in the right place with the camera. — Channing Tatum

We're a shifty, sliding population ... What we refer to as 'home' may be a place we haven't seen in years; a place where there's no one left who knows our name. — Barbara Holland

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

I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true. — Douglas Booth