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 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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For me, drama is conflict.
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I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.
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It’s always nice to be challenged.
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I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.
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I don’t think they’d ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I’d love to play Chuck Baker
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I think every director has a different methodology.
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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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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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At the moment I’m doing this space movie, so I’m obsessed with physics and space travel. I know three months down the line it’s gone. Then I’ll be able to superficially say stuff about space.
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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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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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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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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