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.
CILLIAN MURPHYI like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
More Cillian Murphy Quotes
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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 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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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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Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
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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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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 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 don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
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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 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 watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films.
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I don’t know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
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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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I always think it’s a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
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