Billy Crudup: What most recently made you cry?

What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Billy Crudup said elsewhere, not written here

Yesterday because I was being paid to do it on stage.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗

Others on this question

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Sharleen Spiteri

Turning on the news.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer

A few nights ago I was crying in my sleep, dreaming of my dead parents.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

Justin Hawkins

I cried watching the movie Coco with my daughter.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2025 source ↗

Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author

Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗