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.
CILLIAN MURPHYI don’t think they’d ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I’d love to play Chuck Baker
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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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There’s a lot of comedy in Intermission but it’s got this depth. It’s not comedy for comedy’s sake – it’s informed by something else. I like stuff like that
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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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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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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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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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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 think every director has a different methodology.
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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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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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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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You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that’s where your focus should be. And then there’s a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.
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