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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.

Cillian Murphy

I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Accent Yourself
It’s obvious that if you’re going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they’re in and use as little or as much as necessary
CILLIAN MURPHY

Character Information Necessary Need Play Yourself
I don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Live Myself Passion
I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Myself Plane
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.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Culture Distance Live Myself World
I’ve never done a film for the money.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Money Movie Myself
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.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Better Greatness Happiness Luck Observation Work Yourself
I don’t care if people perceive me as always selling out because I’m doing a studio picture. For me, the whole thing is you should be diverse in your choices; that’s the beauty of being an actor, you should be able to do that.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Care Choice People Photograph Studio Yourself
For me, drama is conflict.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Conflict Drama Myself
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.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Book Home Life Music Myself Party People Quiet
I think every director has a different methodology.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Different Director Method
The medium is secondary to the stories.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Media Method Story
I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Children Cinema Myself Time
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.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Element Greatness Interest Literature Opinion
I try not to think retrospectively. It’s important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that involves some challenge. If you approach a piece of work and you’re going, “Yeah, yeah, I can do that,” then that’s kind of a red flag.
CILLIAN MURPHY

Artist Flag Important Kind Pieces Thinking Try
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 MURPHY

Action Cleaning Experience Open Slate Yourself

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