I always think it’s a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
CILLIAN MURPHYYou’re an actor who’s Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn’t be limited by your extraction.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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 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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Every 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.
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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 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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It’s always nice to be challenged.
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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 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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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.
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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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