I personally think if something’s not a challenge there’s no point doing it because you’re not gonna learn much.
CILLIAN MURPHYI don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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At the moment I’m doing this space movie, so I’m obsessed with physics and space travel. I know three months down the line it’s gone. Then I’ll be able to superficially say stuff about space.
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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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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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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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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 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.
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You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.
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I think every director has a different methodology.
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And 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.
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All I’ve tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That’s been my main drive. It’s not always possible, so when you do come upon it, like when I came upon this, you realize pretty quickly this is something you need to be involved with.
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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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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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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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