I think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
CILLIAN MURPHYIf 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.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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I always think it’s a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
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My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
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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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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 personally think if something’s not a challenge there’s no point doing it because you’re not gonna learn much.
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Every Irish person of my generation and earlier, we were raised Catholic and we’d have to learn it in school, we’d to learn the catechism by rote.
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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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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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That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.
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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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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 don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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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I’ve never done a film for the money.
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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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