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.
CILLIAN MURPHYThere’s a lot of comedy in Intermission but it’s got this depth. It’s not comedy for comedy’s sake – it’s informed by something else. I like stuff like that
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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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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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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It’s always nice to be challenged.
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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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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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There’s a lot of comedy in Intermission but it’s got this depth. It’s not comedy for comedy’s sake – it’s informed by something else. I like stuff like that
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I really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.
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I always think it’s a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
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From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That’s what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.
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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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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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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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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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