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.”
CILLIAN MURPHYEvery Irish person of my generation and earlier, we were raised Catholic and we’d have to learn it in school, we’d to learn the catechism by rote.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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For me, drama is conflict.
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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 loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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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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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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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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 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 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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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 every director has a different methodology.
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I think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
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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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