USA TODAY, March 3, 1995

RUSSELL CROWE; ACTOR; PROFILE

-- Impression of Sharon Stone while making Dead: "She was very gracious to me."

-- On the sex scene cut from Dead: "It wasn't the several-back-flips-off-the-high-platform thing that she's been involved in."

-- Biggest influences: "Growing up I was a major Marlon Brando fan. Steve McQueen as well."

-- Hidden talent: "I'm a prolific songwriter."

-- Personal life: Lives in Sydney; in a relationship "that flounders greatly with a particularly strong individual whose career is very important to her."

-- Upcoming project: Virtuosity with Denzel Washington, due in August.


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