From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That’s what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.
CILLIAN MURPHYI 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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I’m interested in pressure, I’m interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them.
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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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I really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.
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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 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’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’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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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 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 don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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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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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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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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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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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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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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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 any actor that says ‘I never watch my films’ is a liar because you have to watch it at least once and also you’re going to watch it when you’re doing your ADR.
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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 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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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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