I think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
CILLIAN MURPHYAnd once you’re unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you’re unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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It’s obvious that if you’re going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they’re in and use as little or as much as necessary
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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 loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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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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I’m terrible. I’m the wrong person to talk to, I really don’t know a thing.
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The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.
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I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do it again.
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I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. ‘Disco Pigs’ was my first professional acting experience.
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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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I personally think if something’s not a challenge there’s no point doing it because you’re not gonna learn much.
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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great – everybody working together. Sometimes it didn’t feel like a film set. It wasn’t technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable.
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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