I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
CILLIAN MURPHYYou 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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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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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 terrible. I’m the wrong person to talk to, I really don’t know a thing.
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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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Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
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I’ve always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I’ve talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I’ll have more butterflies.
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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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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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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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For me it’s always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.
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For me, drama is conflict.
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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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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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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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