I personally think if something’s not a challenge there’s no point doing it because you’re not gonna learn much.
CILLIAN MURPHYI 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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’ve never done a film for the money.
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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 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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For me, drama is conflict.
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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 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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I’d probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.
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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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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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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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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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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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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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