# Billy Crudup on "Finding Your Roots"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075 "2023-06-25T05:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075/21 "2023-06-28T16:51:43Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> > [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> > “How does that make you **feel**?”
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> “How do you feel?” is the quintessential question of TV interviews.

Dylan repeated that question many times in “Like a Rolling Stone” and no one gives him any grief about it.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075/22 "2023-06-28T20:40:50Z")

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> [@slicedalone](#):
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> Dylan repeated that question many times in “Like a Rolling Stone” and no one gives him any grief about it.

a. “How does it feel?”  
b. Not an interview, but a taunt in a song, intended to hurt.  
c. Nothing wrong with the question, but it shouldn’t be the only arrow in your quiver.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075/23 "2023-06-28T23:49:54Z")

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I do agree that Gates isn’t a great interviewer. He asks questions that they are compelled to answer in a certain way. It’s interesting information but I’m not going to feel bad because someone 5 generations back did something bad. I’m not going to feel good about something good they did either. But with the cameras in my face I might find the need to jazz it up.

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