Billy on the Street

Definitive Proof that Julianne Moore Is the World‘s Greatest Actress

She cries on command, even for strangers who have no idea who she is.

How good an actress is Julianne Moore? So good that she can cry on command, in the middle of Times Square, while confronting a tourist who clearly has no idea who she is.

As Billy Eichner has become more famous, and Billy on the Street more popular, the comedian has been able to convince bigger and bigger stars to participate in his man-on-the-street games. But Moore may have just set the bar at an all-time high, willingly running around New York City and performing her most famous monologues for a dollar. The magic isn’t just in the people who are astonished to see her, but in those who clearly have no idea what they’ve just encountered—including the kid in the yarmulke who likes The Big Lebowski but may or may not remember that Moore was in it.

The video ends, as it must, with Moore and a crowd of strangers shouting “Fuck Spider-Man!” Who wants to argue now that New York City isn’t the greatest city in the world?