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.

(Thanks to Tamara for providing this article)