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.
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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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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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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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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 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 suppose I’ve always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general – in literature, in music, politics, whatever – and to the person that is able to be relentlessly themselves. I don’t think that I have that quality, that strength of mind.
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For me it’s always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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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The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.
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