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.
CILLIAN MURPHYI 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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 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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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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I don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
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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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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 think audiences are a lot more intelligent than what we give them credit for and understand that an actor is playing a role and that doesn’t mean he can’t play different types of roles.
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I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours – that will always remain and never be eroded by television.
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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 started off in theater; I did exclusively theater for four or five years. In the last few years, television has come along but I can still make film. I feel very privileged that I can move between them.
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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 don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane 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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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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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