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.
CILLIAN MURPHYAt 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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I don’t think they’d ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I’d love to play Chuck Baker
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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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I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.
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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 think every director has a different methodology.
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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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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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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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You’re an actor who’s Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn’t be limited by your extraction.
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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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Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
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I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great – everybody working together. Sometimes it didn’t feel like a film set. It wasn’t technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable.
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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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