I personally think if something’s not a challenge there’s no point doing it because you’re not gonna learn much.
CILLIAN MURPHYI think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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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’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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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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I’m interested in pressure, I’m interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them.
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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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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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I’ve had the pleasure and the great luck to work with some incredible actors over the years and you have to observe and learn and take something from it and try and become better yourself.
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I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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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 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’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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