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 MURPHYI’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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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 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’d probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.
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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.
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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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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 will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours – that will always remain and never be eroded by television.
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It’s always nice to be challenged.
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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’m terrible. I’m the wrong person to talk to, I really don’t know a thing.
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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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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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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 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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