Billy Crudup Quotations

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.

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.

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 what it's like to kill people.