I think any actor that says ‘I never watch my films’ is a liar because you have to watch it at least once and also you’re going to watch it when you’re doing your ADR.
CILLIAN MURPHYI really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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I suppose I’ve always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general – in literature, in music, politics, whatever – and to the person that is able to be relentlessly themselves. I don’t think that I have that quality, that strength of mind.
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Two weeks ago we couldn’t pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we’re sending you all these scripts.
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I’ve always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I’ve talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I’ll have more butterflies.
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Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
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I think if you play characters, it’s very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You have to normalize the behavior to get inside the character.
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For me it’s always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.
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You’re an actor who’s Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn’t be limited by your extraction.
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I try not to think retrospectively. It’s important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that involves some challenge. If you approach a piece of work and you’re going, “Yeah, yeah, I can do that,” then that’s kind of a red flag.
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I think every director has a different methodology.
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I’d probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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I think you fall out of love with theater while you’re doing your eighth show of your eighteenth week and your body is saying, “Please make this end.”
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I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.
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If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don’t, they won’t. There’s not much to write about me in the tabloids.
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