Russell Crowe is not skilled at math
When Russell Crowe gained accolades and Oscar nominations for his role as maths genius John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, most were surprised at his acting ability when not typecast as a beefy thug. Further proof that Russell is no maths genius, and was truly acting, was this interview with Jay Leno. He suggested the solution to America’s economic woes is to give each citizen $1million.
“I have been intently watching the political process,” Crowe told Leno. “Um, so, here’s the thing: They’re looking for $700 billion, right? Which is a good chunk of change, but have you noticed whenever you go to a bank, or whenever you talk to a government department about what you need, they’ll never actually give you all of what you need? So, I don’t think we should do that for a start.
“But I was thinking if they wanna stimulate the economy, get people spending, let people look after their … mortgage.
“I think you take the first 300 million Americans, if that’s the population at this point in time, give everyone a million bucks.”
Crowe’s idea to make every American a millionaire drew excited applause from the audience and agreement from Leno.
“Oh yeah, that’ll work,” Leno said. “What are the taxes on that? But OK, that would work, yeah.”
However, the New Zealand-born actor failed to do the maths, severely underestimating the cost of his bailout plan.
The actual expense would be $300 trillion – a figure greater than the US’s entire annual gross domestic product.
In a policy proposal not likely to provoke the interest of White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain, the $US300 million ‘Crowe Plan’ would provide Americans with a paltry $1 each.
Russel also recently announced his toddler’s engagement to Nicole Kidman’s baby Sunday Rose.
“Did you know Sunday Rose was born on the same day as my son Tennyson — the 7th of July?” Crowe said. “Nicole and Keith brought Sunday around on a Sunday when she was a month old.
“Nicole had one look at my young son Tennyson and said, ‘Russell, I’m a great believer in arranged marriages. Can we just make the connection now?’ So I’d like to just tell you that Tennison is engaged,” he joked.
He adds that baby Kidman-Urban is a beauty just like her mama.
“Sunday is a beautiful child with beautiful delicate features. It’s so nice that she came around,” he says.
Russell is currently prancing around the US with shoulder length hair as a result of his dual roles as the sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood, promoting his new film Body of Lies.
Note by Celebitchy: Russell Crowe also recently revealed that he’d gained 63 pounds to play a CIA agent in Body of Lies, which is due out October 10 and also stars Leonardo DiCaprio. Maybe they told him to gain 20 pounds and he figured 63 was pretty close.
Russell Crowe is shown out in Sydney on 6/20/08. Credit: ICON/Fame Pictures
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