Billy Crudup Asks Jimmy Kimmel For a Better Nickname

>> YOUR BELLY --
>> Jimmy: I HAVE A FEELING MINE
WILL SPECIFICALLY TOUCH DADDY.
YOUR SON IS 14?
>> 13.
ALMOST TALLER THAN ME NOW.
HE'S A WILLIAM AS WELL.
>> Jimmy: HE IS.
>> AND I'M A WILLIAM.
AND YOUR SON WILLIAM.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM IN THEIR
13 1/2 YEARS, THEY HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN IN MY 48
YEARS.
SO I'M CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE
NOW.
BECAUSE I CAN'T LIVE UP TO IT.
>> Jimmy: WERE YOU ALWAYS BILLY?
>> THERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD OF
TIME, THERE WAS A COOL KID IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILLIAM, WHO HAD
A COMB IN THE BACK OF HIS
POCKET?
WHAT WAS HIS LAST NAME?
>> CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> Jimmy: REALLY, OKAY.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S BETTER
THAT I DON'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE
PRESS.
HE GOT ALL THE GIRLS IN SEVENTH
AND AID GRADE, HE DOESN'T
DESERVE TO --
>> Jimmy: THAT NEVER ENDS WELL,
REALLY.
>> HIS HAIR WAS SO COOL.
WOW, IF I CHANGE MY NAME.
MY NAME WAS WILLIAM.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT.
BUT IF I GET RID OF THE
NICKNAME.
MAYBE I COULD HAVE THE CACHET.
NO, DIDN'T FLY.
>> Jimmy: THAT DID NOT WORK.
>> WHAT NAME DO YOU THINK I
COULD LIVE UP TO IN THE WILLIAMS
NOW HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THE --
>> Jimmy: I THINK YOU COULD LIVE
UP TO ETHAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> LISTEN.
I'M A BIG FAN.
ETHAN HAWKE IS A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE AND I CAN'T LIVE UP TO
THAT, TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
TRUST ME, I WENT THROUGH THE
LIST.
>> Jimmy: WHAT ABOUT ELLIOT?
YOU GOT ANY ELLIOTS IN YOUR
LIFE?
>> I CAN SHOOT FOR ELLIOT GOULD.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT THE ONLY
ELLIOT YOU CAN THINK OF?
>> THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF.
>> Jimmy: I HAVE A FRIEND NAMED
ELLIOT.
>> WHAT'S HIS STATUS?
>> Jimmy: WELL, HE WENT OFF ON A
BICYCLE WITH E.T., YOU KNOW?
[ LAUGHTER ]
I THINK OF HIM AS A FRIEND.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, YOU'VE
DONE QUITE WELL FOR YOURSELF.
>> I DO WHAT I CAN.
>> Jimmy: THIS IS NOT A THERAPY
SESSION, THIS IS A PLACE TO COME
AND SHARE.
>> EVERY TIME I'M HERE I FEEL
LIKE IT'S A ROAST OF SOME KIND.
>> Jimmy: IT'S NOT A ROAST OF
ANY KIND, WE KNOW YOU LIKE TO
EXERCISE.
YOU DO MENTION THAT YOU EXERCISE
EVERY TIME.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A SHOT AT
ME.
>> I JUST WANT TO GET THE WORD
OUT THERE.
I'M GETTING OLDER, IT'S HARDER
TO GET THE PARTS WHERE I CAN
MOVE AROUND.
I READ THE SCRIPT ON THE PLANE
HERE.
I READ THE SCRIPT OF THE MOVIE
I'M ABOUT TO DO, AND IT SAID
ELGIN, THE CHARACTER, IN HIS
50s.
AND I THOUGHT, WHO COULD -- OH,
CRAP.
WAIT, I'M FAST APPROACHING 50.
SO MAYBE THERE'S CASTING
DIRECTORS WHO WATCH THIS, YOU
DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE TO NETWORK A LITTLE BIT.
YOU HAVE THIS GIG, I'M ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
>> Jimmy: I FEEL YOU LOOK AT MY
BODY --
>> I'M NOT HERE TO TALK TO YOU,
I'M HERE TO SELL GOODS AND GET A
JOB.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> I'LL LIVE UP TO THAT.
>> Jimmy: WILL YOUR SON SEE THIS
MOVIE?
IS IT TOO GORY?
>> I CONFESS, I WENT TO THE
SCREENING.
THEY SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU DO PRESS?
AND I THOUGHT, YEAH, PROBABLY A
GOOD IDEA.
SAM ROCKWELL IS A VERY GOOD
FRIEND, HE'S BEEN OBSESSED WITH
I'LL YEP SINCE HE WAS A KID,
HE'D SEND PICTURE OF HIM WITH
THE ALIEN.
I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME
TO A SCREENING?
HE SAID, OH MY GOD, YES, THAT
WOULD BE AMAZING, CAN I BRING MY
MOM?
AND I THOUGHT -- YOU KNOW.
COOL, MAN.
I MEAN, THAT'S -- SURE, THAT'S
FINE.
IT'S REALLY GORY, DUDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO
BE THE KIND OF THING FOR LIKE A
MOM AND THE SON.
WELL, THEY SAW THE ORIGINAL, IN
TIMES SQUARE, WHEN IT FIRST CAME
OUT, AND THEY SCREAMED THE
ENTIRE TIME.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE
GORIEST --
>> Jimmy: HIS MOTHER LOVED IT?
SHE WASN'T YELLING AT HIM, ARE
YOU SURE?
>> NO, SHE SAW -- WHEN --
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TELL HER WE
WERE SEEING "ALIEN."
>> Jimmy: IT WAS A SURPRISE.
>> IT WAS A SURPRISE, THAT WAS
THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR, GOOD
FOR YOU.
>> Jimmy: IT'S ONE OF THOSE
OBSCURE WORDS, YOU DON'T HEAR IT
MUCH.
>> I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOU.
WHAT'S THE THING WHERE IT COMES
UP -- A SURPRISE.
>> Jimmy: A SURPRISE, RIGHT.
>> SO WHEN "ALIEN," THE LETTERS
COME UP VERY SLOWLY, WHEN SHE
SEES "ALIEN" SHE SCREAMS.
IT'S JUST THE THREE OF US IN THE
SCREENING ROOM.
"HOLY [ BLEEP ]!
YES!"
AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS GOING TO
BE A FUN RIDE, THE THREE OF US.
>> Jimmy: SAM ROCKWELL'S MOM
SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S FUN.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF MY SON --
LISTEN, HE WANTS TO SEE IT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY
TO HAVE HIM LIKE BE UP WITH
NIGHTMARES FOR WEEKS ON END.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> IT'S

Billy Crudup Asks Jimmy Kimmel For a Better Nickname

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