The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.
CILLIAN MURPHYAnd once you’re unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you’re unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary.
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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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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.
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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
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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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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 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.
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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 like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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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 don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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And once you’re unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you’re unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary.
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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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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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