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.
CILLIAN MURPHYFor me it’s always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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’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 loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
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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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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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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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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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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 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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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.
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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 don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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For me, drama is conflict.
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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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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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