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.
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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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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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’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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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 don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
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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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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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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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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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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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For me, drama is conflict.
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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 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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