I think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
CILLIAN MURPHYI 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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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 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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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’ve never done a film for the money.
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You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that’s where your focus should be. And then there’s a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.
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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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I’d probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing 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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You’re an actor who’s Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn’t be limited by your extraction.
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