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.
CILLIAN MURPHYI don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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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It’s obvious that if you’re going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they’re in and use as little or as much as necessary
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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 like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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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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And once you’re unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you’re unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary.
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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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I think every director has a different methodology.
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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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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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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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It’s always nice to be challenged.
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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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